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Diaspora Profile - Jessika Reis

We would like to share with you a bit of the history of those who are part of our #Turbante-se team. This is our dear Jessika Reis...

Between nowhere and recognition

In October 2010 I stepped foot for the first time in France. I had just finished my bachelor degree in Social Sciences, I had saved some...

Ireland: emerging place for the African diaspora

First Established African Church In Eglinton Hotel, Direct Provision Center 2001, Ireland 2001. Creator: Larry Ovie,...

Black Woman, Activist and Intellectual

Photo: Januario Garcia Gonzalez in Dacar (Senegal), on 1979. Personal archive Lélia de Almeida Gonzalez was born in Belo Horizonte,...

Conceição Evaristo, for her and for all

Having achieved late recognition from her literary peers, the writer from Minas Gerais is not surprised by the obstacles. On the...

Carolina Maria de Jesus - Hunger is also a teacher.

I remember starting to write in journals when I was very young. I wanted to be a writer and publisher, but like so many other desires,...

Queen Nanny of the Maroons

When I first started researching women in history, who would wear headwrap, I remember finding Queen Nanny of the Maroons in a headwrap...

Beaches in Jamaica

Jamaica is one of the Caribbean islands I really want to visit for the many reasons that makes this piece of earth unique. The culture,...

ATLANTICA: I want to say why

ATLANTICA is the name of my new work with Turbante-se. This work symbolizes a lot of the trajectory I have traced with the experience and...