ANACLETA PIRES DA SILVA:

BODY, (RE)EXISTENCE AND QUILOMBOLA TERRITORY AS AN EVENT THAT BREAKS OUT IN THE DEFENSE OF A DIGNIFIED LIFE IN LATIN AMERICA

Abstract

Born from the force of enchantment, from the struggle for free territories and in a territory crossed by the logistics of developmental projects, Santa Rosa dos Pretos quilombola territory, in the  municipality of Itapecuru-Mirim, state of  Maranhão, Brazil. Anacleta speaks! She  herself carries out systemic and daily  analyzes on autonomy, resistance and  healing in the face of a society marked by  the myth of racial democracy, by  racism. Anacleta while narrating  everyday ways of resisting and existing,  she shows us how black women are from  the margins making political use of  the body to exist in the face of the  paradigm of racial exclusion in Brazil. Black, Afro-Pindoramic voices give birth to a new day daily, hope. These voices narrate dynamic territories guided by other ontologies, which emanate from the relationships with the enchanted ones of Tambor de Mina. We share here na insurgent interview carried out on January 20, 2021, in the midst of a global pandemic caused by Covid-19. The life story will be told by Dona Anacleta herself, a conversation that was carried out by the WhatsApp application and transcribed in full. “To change society the way we want? It's Fighting without fear, without fear of being a woman!”.