- Jamyang Kyi
Jamyang Kyi is a famous popular Tibetan singer of
Tibet . She is also a Tibetan feminist and a writer, a journalist and a prominent television broadcaster. She was born in1965 inAmdo , northeastern region of Tibet.Her life in Tibet
Jamyang Kyi was born in 1965 in
Amdo , traditional province of northeast Tibet. She is originating from a Tibetan rural family of the . She lives in the city ofXining in Amdo now incorporated to the Province ofQinghai . She is married, and has two daughters the elder one17 years old is attending schooling in Beijing and the youngest, 5 years, lives in Xining.A Tibetan singer
Tibetan Singer, she composes herself the songs that she interprets. Since the 90’, she recorded several albums of which "Prayer", "Karma" and "distant Lover". Jamyang Kyi became very popular in Tibet since her album "heart Message" in 1997. The music of Jamyang Kyi is influenced by the modern folk music and traditional of different regions of Tibet.
A journalist, writer, television presenter
Jamyang Kyi is also a journalist of television, and a writer. She has presented programs in Tibetan of state-run television station in Qinghai during more than 20 years. Since 2005, she composed essays on the fate of Tibetan women. She published articles including one on the illegal dealings in girls (Qinghai Daily, edition in Tibetan language, 11/30/05) and the statute of women in the Tibetan society. She described in particular the existence of forced marriages.
She also published articles on the education and inter-ethniques relations. After her trip to the
United States in 2006, she also was very interested in the protection of the culture and to the equality between men and women, and published texts on these subjects on her blog.She wrote a book in Tibetan on Tibetan women fate and the preservation of the Tibetan culture, "Heurs and misfortunes of the women – Snows and mixed rains" that should have appeared in 2007 to the Editions of the nationalities of the Gansu. Feminist, one can suppose that she has been influenced by reading
The Second Sex ofSimone de Beauvoir translated in Chinese.Arrest in Tibet
In the context of the
2008 Tibetan unrest , Jamyang Kyi was arrestedApril 1 2008 by the Chinese police on her work place, to the chain of State Qinghai Television suggesting that the Chinese government crackdown after the unrest in and around Tibet is continuing [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/world/asia/18tibet.html?ref=asia China Detains Tibetan Reporter] ]Khawa Karpo-Tibet Culture Centre , a Tibetan association based in exile inIndia confirmed the arrest of Jamyang Kyi. [ [http://www.france-info.com/spip.php?article123595&theme=69&sous_theme=69 Une célèbre chanteuse tibétaine interpellée par la police chinoise] ]She disappeared since. [ [http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualites/international/asiepacifique/20080417.OBS0071/arrestation_dune_celebre_chanteuse_et_journaliste_tibet.html Arrestation d'une célèbre chanteuse et journaliste tibétaine] ]
According to
Radio Free Asia , Jamyang Kyi could have been questioned about a trip to the United States in March 2006 in New York where she produced herself with of other Tibetan artists. [ [http://www.latse.org/events/LosarConcert2006.html Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library] ] Policemen came at her residence to seize documents and her computer. [ [http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=20668&article=Leading+Tibetan+Writer%2C+Performer%2C+Producer+Arrested Leading Tibetan Writer, Performer, Producer Arrested] ]Reporters without borders launched April 17 a call to the European Union and requests the immediate release of Jamyang Kyi. [ [http://www.journalismes.net/index.php?action=article&numero=1240 Arrestation de Jamyang Kyi : RSF interpelle l'Europe] ]References
See also
Internal links
List of Tibetan political prisoners
External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWYEWqX5ELM Tsering gyurmey and jamyang kyi song -Le tro] youtube.com
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