Como navegar no mundo contemporâneo? Nesta coletânea, seis autores conversam sobre negritude, literatura e identidade, Itamar Vieira Júnior pensa, de forma poética (como não poderia deixar de ser), no que ele chama de "descobrimento das palavras". Djamila Ribeiro, por sua vez, explora as influências que contribuíram para que ela se tornasse uma das maiores vozes do movimento negro da atualidade: de Toni Morrison a Conceição Evaristo, de Alice Walker a Carolina Maria de Jesus (entre outras tantas), Edwige Danticat retrata a vida de Marie Micheline, que ecoa a trajetória de violência no Haiti em uma história de tirar o fôlego. Registramos ainda uma conversa histórica entre Allan da Rosa e Marcelo D'Salete, que refletem sobre o passado e o presente do pensamento negro no Brasil. Para finalizar, Alain Mabanckou discorre a respeito de como deslocamentos e imigrações podem afetar a identidade e o trabalho do escritor
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Djamila Taís Ribeiro dos Santos is a Brazilian feminist and academic. She graduated in Philosophy from the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), in 2012, and became a Master in Political Philosophy at the same institution in 2015, with an emphasis on Feminist Theory. In 2005, she interrupted a degree in Journalism. His main activities are in the themes: Race and Gender Relations and Feminism. He is an online columnist for CartaCapital, Blogueiras Negras and Revista Azmina and has a strong presence in the digital environment, confirmed by his belief in the importance of appropriating the internet as a tool in the militancy of black women, and, according to Djamila, the "hegemonic media "tends to make them invisible. In May 2016, she was appointed Assistant Secretary for Human Rights and Citizenship in the city of São Paulo during the term of Mayor Fernando Haddad. He wrote the preface to the book "Women, Race & Class" by the black and feminist philosopher Angela Davis, which until then was an unprecedented work in Brazil and which was translated and released in September 2015. She constantly participates in events, documentaries and other actions involving race and gender debates. She is the author of works that are a reference in the feminist and anti-racist struggle, such as "Who's Afraid of Black Feminism?" and "Small Anti-Racist Handbook", and "What is a Place of Speech?" and published, together with the author and Phd in Philosophy and Law Silvio Almeida, "What is Structural Racism?". All works originally published in Portuguese.
Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti and moved to the United States when she was twelve. She is the author of several books, including Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book Club selection; Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist; and The Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner. She is also the editor of The Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States and The Beacon Best of 2000: Great Writing by Men and Women of All Colors and Cultures. Danticat earned a degree in French Literature from Barnard College, where she won the 1995 Woman of Achievement Award, and later an MFA from Brown University. She lives in Miami with her husband and daughters.
