Anajá Caetano was an Afro-Brazilian writer who wrote about slavery, religion and discrimination. Caetano was the first woman to write a novel in 20th-century Brazil.[2]

Anajá Caetano
Born
Notable workNegra Efigênia, paixão do senhor branco (1966)

Biography

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Caetano was born in São Sebastião do Paraíso in Brazil. She was of Angolan descent, specifically of the Chokwe people.[1]

Caetano wrote about Afro-Brazilians, including slavery, religion and discrimination.[3]

Her book Negra Efigênia, paixão do senhor branco (OCLC 253500853) was published in 1966.[1] It was the first novel written and published by a woman in Brazil in the 20th century.[2] The novel, set in the 19th century, examines the life of Iphigenia, an enslaved woman who is kidnapped by a white farmer to be his wife.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Anajá Caetano - Literatura Afro-Brasileira". Literafro. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Vanessa K. Valdés (17 January 2012). The Future is Now: A New Look at African Diaspora Studies. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-4438-3677-7.
  3. ^ Carole Boyce-Davies; Molara Ogundipe-Leslie (April 1995). Moving Beyond Boundaries (Vol. 2): Black Women's Diasporas. NYU Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-8147-1239-9.

Further reading

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  • Lopess, Neil. Dicionário literário afro-brasileiro, 2nd edition, Pallas Editora, 2015, Section 3. ISBN 8534705739