Foi apenas no final da adolescência, ao trabalhar na Casa de Cultura da Mulher Negra, que Djamila entrou em contato com autoras que a fizeram ter orgulho de suas raízes e não mais querer se manter invisível. No texto de abertura, a filósofa e militante recupera memórias de seus anos de infância e adolescência para discutir o que chama de “silenciamento”, processo de apagamento da personalidade por que passou e que é um dos muitos resultados perniciosos da discriminação.

Quem tem medo do feminismo negro? reúne um longo ensaio autobiográfico inédito e uma seleção de artigos publicados por Djamila Ribeiro no blog da revista CartaCapital, entre 2014 e 2017. She’s a wonderful, eloquent author and I highly recommend her! Quem Tem Medo do Feminismo Negro? por Djamila RibeiroĪnother one with no translation, but it’s a collection of essays by Djamila Ribeiro on racism in Brazil. Alvarez breathes life into these historical figures–known as “las mariposas,” or “the butterflies,” in the underground–as she imagines their teenage years, their gradual involvement with the revolution, and their terror as their dissentience is uncovered.Ħ. A skillful blend of fact and fiction, In the Time of the Butterflies is inspired by the true story of the three Mirabal sisters who, in 1960, were murdered for their part in an underground plot to overthrow the government. Set during the waning days of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic in 1960, this extraordinary novel tells the story of the Mirabal sisters, three young wives and mothers who are assassinated after visiting their jailed husbands.įrom the author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents comes this tale of courage and sisterhood set in the Dominican Republic during the rise of the Trujillo dictatorship. This was such an incredible read! I did not know anything about the Mirabal sisters before and after reading this I spent days reading articles about them, so interesting their story was!

In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

A Falência by Júlia Lopes de Almeida