Felipe H. López is a Zapotec-language scholar and writer.

Life

López was born in the town of

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. At the age 16, he migrated to

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, speaking no English and little Spanish. Later, he obtained a Ph.D. from the

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in Urban planning, and currently he is a faculty member at

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. He has published poetry, academic articles, and Zapotec-language learning materials. In 2021, he had an appearance in

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's animated series ''City of Ghosts'', where he represented himself, a Zapotec-language professor.

Works

* Munro, Pamela & Felipe H. Lopez et al. "Di'csyonaary x:tèe'n dìi'zh sah Sann Lu'uc = San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec dictionary" Los Angeles : UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Publications, 1999. * Lopez, Felipe H. 2020. "Recovering Knowledge through Forgotten Words." Global SL (blog), Campus Compact, July 17, 2020. * Lopez, Felipe H., Luis Escala-Rabadan, and Raul Hinojosa. 2001. "Migrant Associations, Remittances, and Regional Development between Los Angeles and Oaxaca, Mexico." UCLA NAID. * Lopez, Felipe H., and David Runsten. 2004. "Mixtecs and Zapotecs Working in California: Rural and Urban Experiences." In Indigenous Mexican Migrants in the United States, edited by Jonathan Fox and Gaspar Rivera-Salgado, 249-78. San Diego: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD/Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UCSD.

References

External links

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Presentation of Dizhsa Nabani, web-based documentary film series, with Felipe H. Lopez, Brook Lilehaugen, Eddie Oggborn, Sabea Evans, and Kathryn Goldberg at the

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, Philadelphia

* Poetry on Latin American Literature Today'

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