Reexistance Literacies Across the Diaspora

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Dr. Ana Lúcia Silva joins us in Remington to discuss her book We're an Example of Trajectories and Victories as part of the American Studies Association Annual Meeting.

This is a book launch for Améfrica Press' (www.amefricapress.com) new book entitled: "We're an Example of Victories and Trajectories: Hip Hop, Education and Literacies of Reexistance" by Dr. Ana Lúcia Silva Souza (Federal University of Bahia). This is the first edition English translation of Dra. Silva Souza's Portuguese language book entitled: "Letramentos De Reexistência. Poesia, Grafite, Música, Dança: Hip Hop," which has become a canonical text in the fields of African Diaspora Studies, Applied Linguistics, Hip Hop Literacies, Education and Youth Social Movements - in Brazil. The foreward of the book, written by Patricia Hill Collins, discusses the impact of this book and the need for translation across the African Diaspora.

Dr. Silva Souza will be in conversation with Cuban scholar Dr. Pablo D. Herrera (University of Toronto), and Puerto Rican Scholar Dr. Agustin Laó-Montes (UMass Amherst) about hip hop, Black social movements and the politics of reexistance across the African Diaspora in the Americas. The conversation will be translated by Dr. Tanya L. Saunders (UMBC).

About We're an Example of Trajectories and Victories: Hip Hop, Education, and Literacies of Reexistance

In this seminal study of hip-hop literacies, Black identity formation and artivism in Brazil, Dr. Ana Lúcia Silva Souza presents the diverse literacy practices that have emerged within and in relation to Brazil's hip-hop movement. Ana Lúcia Silva Souza demonstrates how Brazilian hip-hop literacies locate, point out, propose, act and teach others to act for social change. Hip-hop literacies not only teach youth how to resist, but also how to reexist.

We're an Example of Trajectories and Victories will be available for purchase at the event!

ANA LÚCIA SILVA SOUZA

“I am a child of Brazil’s Black Social Movements. I am an activist, an educator, a reader of the world. I have a degree in political and social sciences, a master's degree in social sciences, a doctorate and a postdoctoral degree in applied linguistics. I am a professor at the Federal University of Bahia, at the Institute of Letters. I lead the research group RASURAS: Literacies of Reexistence in the Black Diaspora. I am affiliated to the Brazilian Association of Black Researchers - ABPN. I am a part of the board of directors of the NGO Ação Educativa. In my research I've been diving into uses of language, literacy, hip hop culture, youth and affirmative action. I have several publications, including the book Literacies of Reexistence – Poetry, Graffiti, Music, Dance - Hip-Hop and also Literacies in High School Ed. Parable.”

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