Brazil’s Festa Literária Das Periferias 2024 to honour Black women

Festa Literária Das Periferias 2024 with the theme “The skirt goes around, life goes around” in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from November 11 – 17, 2024.

Festa Literária Das Periferias (English: Literary Festival of the Peripheries) is the literary festival of the favelas in Rio de Janeiro. The first edition took place in 2012, in Morro dos Prazeres, a favela in the central region of Rio de Janeiro. Since then, it has been held in Vigário Geral, Mangueira, Babilônia (2015 and 2021), Cidade de Deus, and Vidigal, as well as in a region of Rio known as Little Africa (2019 and 2022).

The 2024 edition has the theme “Roda a saia, gira a vida” (The skirt goes around, life goes around) and this will be reflected in the program which will have 90%, black women. It will pay tribute to historian, poet, and filmmaker Maria Beatriz Nascimento (1942-1995) for her artistic legacy.

Some of these are those featured will be Andrea Bak, Conceição Evaristo, Esmeralda Ribeiro, Geralda Ferraz, Simony Anjos, Maria Ribeiro, Joanice Conceição, Fabiana Sousa, Liana Porto, Antonildes Pires, Sandra Monica, Nina Fola, Maria Albuquerque, Heridan Ferreira, Lilian Toyota, Suzete de Paiva, Jurema Werneck, Anielle Franco, Neon Cunha, Maria Eduarda Nascimento, Oyeronke Oyewumi, Gloria Wekker, Mame-Fatou Niang, Maricel Lopes, Claudia Alexandre, Renata Falleti, Adria Cerqueira, Iraneide Silva, Marley Silva, Maria Lima, Rosinalda Simoni, Kalyna Faria, Patricia Carvalho, Irislane Moraes, Luciene Athaide, Maria Leite, Crisitina Assunção, Rosana Lessa, Kenia Medeiros, Jaqueline Jesus, Lúcia Xavier, Ana Paula Oliveira, Cidinha da Silva, Teresa Cárdenas, Tãnia Rezende, Leticia Rocha, Ana Benite, Amanda Castro, Janira Miranda, Maria de Deus, Kamila de Sousa, Olivette Otele, Aminata Traoré, Tinganá Santana, Leda Maria Martins and Kalaf Epalanga, Marie NDiaye, Luciany Aparecida, and Afua Hirsch.

For more information on the schedule and venues, we recommend the official website or Instagram.

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