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Kriolas Poderozas: Empowered Cabo Verdean Women (book)
“Cabo Verdean Women Writing Remembrance, Resistance, and Revolution: Kriolas Poderozas” documents the work and stories told by Cabo Verdean women, refocusing the narratives about Cabo Verde on Cabo Verdean women and their experiences. The contributors examine their own experiences, the history of Cabo Verde, and the Cabo Verdean diaspora to highlight the commonalities that exist among all women of African descent, such as sexual and domestic violence and media objectification, as well as the different meanings these commonalities can hold in local contexts. Through exploring the literary and musical contributions of Cabo Verdean women, the Cabo Verdean state and its transnational relations, food and cooking traditions, migration and diaspora, and the oral histories of Cabo Verde, the contributors analyse themes of community, race, sexuality, migration, gender, and tradition.
Cabo Verdean Women Writing Remembrance, Resistance, and Revolution: Kriolas Poderozas
Edited by: Terza Silva Lima-Neves, Aminah N. Pilgrim
Authors: Elizabete Andrade, Stephanie Andrade, Shauna Barbosa, Aleida Mendes Borges, Iva Brito, Candida Rose, Vera Duarte, Jess Évora, Roselma Évora, Clementina Baptista de Jesus Furtado, Gina Sánchez Gibau, Rosilda Alves DePina James, Anna Lima, Callie Watkins Liu, Ivette Centeio Monteiro, Ayana Pilgrim-Brown, Idalina Pina, Aldegundes Tolentino Tavares, Dawna Marie Thomas
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2021
Pages: 276
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Words from the Authors
“This book has been about rebranding the Cabo Verdean women and giving voice to our experiences in our own words and our own testimonies. It’s about creating a legacy for them and putting that legacy on paper.”
– Dr Pilgrim, one of the book’s editors.
“There’s so much work that needs to be done in terms of researching the Cabo Verdean women and researching our history, and let our voices be heard. What I’ve found is that we are not necessarily the ones who are speaking for us. We need to continue speaking for ourselves”
– Candida Rose (Cabo Verdean vocalist, songwriter and cultural educator).
“In this book, we are telling our stories through the history that has not been told. We are the offspring of our ancestors’ perseverance, resistance, love and commitment to change. And we continue with the work of knitting and weaving ourselves together in this tapestry of this lineage of courage. In this book, we are telling our stories through the history that has not been told. We are the offspring of our ancestors’ perseverance, resistance, love and commitment to change. And we continue with the work of knitting and weaving ourselves together in this tapestry of this lineage of courage.”
– Iva Brito (award-winning author, artist, and poet and the inaugural Director of Bristol Community College Women’s Centre)
Terza A. Silva Lima-Neves is an associate professor of political science and chair of the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Johnson C. Smith University.
Aminah Fernandes Pilgrim is a senior lecturer and professor of the practice at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Bibliography / Sources:
- Cabo Verdean Women Writing Remembrance, Resistance, and Revolution: Kriolas Poderozas by Terza Silva Lima-Neves, Aminah N. Pilgrim on Roman & Littlefield website;
- “Kriolas Poderozas”: New book aims to empower Cabo Verdean women by L.C. da Silva, Daily Herald News;
- Cabo Verdean Women Writing Remembrance, Resistance, and Revolution: Kriolas Poderozas by Terza Silva Lima-Neves, Aminah N. Pilgrim on Google Books;
