Library Of Africa and The African Diaspora

Join us on Saturday, 1 June at 3pm at LOATAD for an afternoon centered on Beatriz Nascimento’s work around the history and importance of the Quilombos in Brazil. We’ll be screening the documentary, ORÍ, and reading excerpts from The Dialect Is In The Sea, a publication of collected writings by one of the most influential Black Brazilian intellectuals of the 20th century. 

Beatriz Nascimento

Beatriz Nascimento (1942–1995) was a poet, historian, artist, and political leader in Brazil’s Black movement, an innovative and creative thinker whose work offers a radical reimagining of gender, space, politics, and spirituality around the Atlantic and across the Black diaspora. Her powerful voice still resonates today, reflecting a deep commitment to political organizing, revisionist historiography, and the lived experience of Black women. 

The Dialectic Is in the Sea

The Dialectic Is in the Sea is the first English-language collection of writings by this vitally important figure in the global tradition of Black radical thought. It traces the development of Nascimento’s thought across the decades of her activism and writing, covering topics such as the Black woman, race and Brazilian society, Black freedom, and Black aesthetics and spirituality. Incisive introductory and analytical essays provide key insights into the political and historical context of Nascimento’s work. This engaging collection includes an essay by Bethânia Gomes, Nascimento’s only daughter, who shares illuminating and uniquely personal insights into her mother’s life and career.

Documentary ÔRÍ

While giving an overall look at the documented history of the black movements in Brazil during

the 70s and 80s, ORI tells the story of Beatriz Nascimento, activist and historian, who looks for her identity through the research around the history of the “QUILOMBOS” as warrior establishments and focuses of cultural resistance, from 15th-century Africa to Brazil in the 20th century.

Credits:

General direction and script: Raquel Gerber

Director of Photography: Hermano Penna

Original music: Naná Vasconcelos

Editing: Renato Neiva Moreira

Executive Production: Ignacio Gerber

Narrations: Beatriz Nascimento

In Brief:

QUILOMBO | an afternoon with Beatriz Nascimento

Date: Saturday, 1 June 2024 

Time: 3 pm 

Location: LOATAD, Adenta, Accra

FREE BUT BOOKING ESSENTIAL. LIMITED SPACES: FIRST COME, FIRST RESERVED! 

**PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS AN IN-PERSON EVENT IN ACCRA, GHANA. PLEASE ONLY REGISTER IF YOU CAN COME IN PERSON. THERE WILL BE NO ONLINE EVENT.**