LASA 2019 International Congress: Francy Silva has been invited
LASA 2019 International Congress: Francy Silva has been invited Note from BW of Brazil: We all need some help from time to time and today I […]
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Cadernos Negros (Black Notebooks): “We can talk about our affection”
Note from BW of Brazil: I’m not sure of exactly when I became aware of the collective of Afro-Brazilian writers known as Quilombhoje, the group […]
“Literature is in the hands of white men”: In a book market that continues to ignore black writers, author Conceição Evaristo is finally earning due recognition after nearly 30 years in the game
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s taken many years to finally get to the place of recognition in the literary world, but writer Conceição Evaristo […]
15 black Brazilian women writers that you should know
Note from BW of Brazil: Over the course of this blog’s existence, we have documented and demonstrated how Brazil consistently makes its black population invisible […]
Why we need black writers
Note from BW of Brazil: In past articles, the work of Regina Dalcastagnè has demonstrated the extreme invisibility of Afro-Brazilian writers as well as fully developed, […]
Black women writers in Brazil: A struggle against invisibility
Note from BW of Brazil:The place of black Brazilian women in the literary world is a topic that pops up on these pages from time […]
"Finally, Us": Black Brazilian women writers honored at International Seminar of Women and Literature in Brasília
In 1995, for the first time, the literary works of contemporary Afro-Brazilian women were compiled to present a comprehensive vision of what it means to […]
