The 5 Best Books Inspired by Afro-Descendant Women
For many years, women have tried to confront racism from a gender perspective. That is why afro-descendant women try to give visibility to this great challenge.
The Woman Post | Carlex Araujo
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An interview with Camila Rivera: co-founder of the Luanda Afro-descendant Women's Collective in Chile, published on UNESCO's official website revealed that being of African descent determines her life experience and means resistance to all the negative conditions that stand in the way. The leader accompanies thousands of ancestors with all her spirit to launch a political projection for the benefit of her black people.
The Luanda Afro-descendant Women's Collective seeks to eradicate the sexism imposed on women of color and promotes women's requirements. In addition, it develops from the resistance of patriarchal objects to the consumption of capitalist, racist and colonialist systems. However, one of its achievements is to influence social spaces politically to eliminate gaps, especially inequality.
Camila Rivera, the co-founder of the Luanda Afro-descendant Women's Collective in Chile, believes that ancestry gives us a connection with the sea and tradition. That is why principles and values are the important roles that Afro-descendant women have in eliminating violence and sexism. The leader suggests strengthening the structure of communities and forging a future that seeks the common good.
“Dientes blancos”, by Zadie Smith
The writer tells the life of immigrants from a London neighborhood, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal. Both are men who are married to women who have very clear ideas. However, the problem with the story is not that they are married to young women of strong character and judgment, but that the children are revealed against British racism. Zadie Smith achieves the foul link between satire and humor; in addition, she maintains the energy of an entertaining novel.
Zadie Smith has 69 major published titles of Anglo-Saxon literature and caused astonishment to his reading public. The expert makes known in the themes of her novels the mixture of migration, xenophobia, defeat, success, and course passion.
“Rotundamente negra”, by Shirley Campbell
Leader Shirley Campbell seeks to build black female ideology and identity with her poems. The writer believes that what is written from the approach of a black woman will never be enough and it feels exciting to achieve the pride of people as a black woman. The activist fights for a series of concerns that torment her, such as gender issues, to create a commitment in girls and to rekindle their black culture.
In the publication of her poetry, Shirley Campbell disseminates and promotes work on the reflection of controversial issues, such as discrimination, gender equality, and racism with strong economic, social, and cultural restrictions. The expert believes that it is still a long way from recognizing black populations as an integral structure of cultures. However, it suggests that only a work of respect and strengthening for diversity, inclusion, and equality should be done.
“Entre nosotras”, by Aude Lorde
Aude Lorde considers her a woman with a strong character and is known to be against inequality, discrimination, and racism. In addition, it suggests that the differences between white women and black women are not the distinction as such, it is the resistance that women of color have and in which they usually endure being ignored. Aude Lorde's book "Among Us" is a series of poems on topics against injustice and racism, including homophobia and sexism.
“La estación de la sombra”, by Léonora Miano
This novel provides a painful approach to the uncertainty and harsh acceptance of black identity experienced by women of color. Black women are separated and removed from their families because of the distrust felt by the village owners. Black mothers are forced into the pain of a sad story and to savor the suffering of the night. However, not all of them decided to face the bitter drink in the same way, women face life and death differently. The book "The Shadow Station" shows the dark side of the face of slavery.
“Ser mujer negra en España”, by Disereé Bela
Disreé Bela tries to make a memory of her life, ranging from when she was just a child to her adulthood. The writer tells how it is to always feel different and witness the racism of Spain. Also, think about the strong conviction that ideology can change to become better people.
Forcefully, black women imply in a very crude way what it is like to be a woman, mother, and black, 3 flavors in a single fruit, that is, 3 discriminations in a single person. These leaders write what has stunned them for many years on their white sheets and fill them with serious wounds, just because they are black women. Are you a woman of color, so The Woman Post wants to know what your story is?