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Poesía Afrovenezolana: Primera Antología
"El regalo más grande de esta antología es el ofrecer una mirada fractal y reunida de la producción afrovenezolana escrita por mujeres. Ya quisiera yo que cada uno de nuestros países produjera una antología de este calibre, enfoque y desde su perspectiva decolonial y antirracista. Esta antología comprueba lo que desde hace años vengo intuyendo, que existe una tradición literaria “letrada” y una poética afrolatinoamericana y caribeña producida y desarrollada por mujeres. Dicha tradición se centra en el género de la poesía y se desarrolla a partir desde los años 30 del siglo XX en América Latina y el Caribe. Por razones de racismo institucional, la tradición no se ve ni se reconoce porque permanece dispersa. Pero existe, de manera cimarrona, a los márgenes de las tradiciones literarias nacionales. Huye hacia el monte, usa la elipsis y el eufemismo a veces, otras, la denuncia directa y la lucha contra los males del colonialismo eurocentrado y la explotación directa. Crea alianzas con otros pueblos marginados." Mayra Santos-Febres
Esta antología bilingüe (español - inglés) integra treinta voces de la poesía y ensayo Alfonsina Lugo, Ana Palma, Angimar Batista, Argelia Silva, Beatriz Aiffil, Beatriz Montenegro, Carmen Verde Arocha, Celsa Acosta, Eileen Rada, Eva Daza, Gladys Quiroga, Irmina Ospino, Ismenia Mercerón, Laura Cárdenas, Ligia Álvarez, Lilia Ferrer, Maria Mercedes Cobo, Mariana Álvarez, Mayra Santos-Febres, Merlyn Pirela, Meyby Ugueto-Ponce, Mireya Peña, Miriam Caldera, Mirna González, Regina Michel, Rosa Campoalegre, Sahili Franco, Sandra Angeleri, Solange Urbina y Vanessa Hidalgo.
Aireya León, Alejandro Álvarez, Arthur M. Dixon, Justin Moore, Rebeca Leal Singer, Tanyika Carey.
Esta antología bilingüe (español - inglés) integra treinta voces de la poesía y ensayo Alfonsina Lugo, Ana Palma, Angimar Batista, Argelia Silva, Beatriz Aiffil, Beatriz Montenegro, Carmen Verde Arocha, Celsa Acosta, Eileen Rada, Eva Daza, Gladys Quiroga, Irmina Ospino, Ismenia Mercerón, Laura Cárdenas, Ligia Álvarez, Lilia Ferrer, Maria Mercedes Cobo, Mariana Álvarez, Mayra Santos-Febres, Merlyn Pirela, Meyby Ugueto-Ponce, Mireya Peña, Miriam Caldera, Mirna González, Regina Michel, Rosa Campoalegre, Sahili Franco, Sandra Angeleri, Solange Urbina y Vanessa Hidalgo.
Aireya León, Alejandro Álvarez, Arthur M. Dixon, Justin Moore, Rebeca Leal Singer, Tanyika Carey.
348 pages, Paperback
Published May 29, 2024
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July 26, 2026
En mis intentos por cambiar la sociedad, he descubierto la necesidad de transformarme a mí misma.
I enjoyed this anthology for what it was. An Afro-Venezuelan feminist collection of poetry that did not talk exclusively of its blackness but how blackness permeates all of society and through the poetry itself. Making no distinctions between literate poetry, or political, or chanted lyricism. Because in the end all poetry is literate, political, and lyrical. Simply the anthology answers, “what does it mean to be an Afro-Venezuelan woman?”
The editors do a phenomenal job calling out the “there is no racism in [insert Latin country]” that pervades the colonial mindset that miscegenation has wiped the countries free of the social construct of race. Race, especially in a more racially fluid region maintains a relational aspect. When the black (and blacker) women were seen as merchandise and a commercial object by the colonial definition, the sentiments of hate for “nappy hair” or wider noses sadly continues. That sentiment does not change with time or democracy but with radical transformation and liberation of Black, trans, butch, queer, disabled women.
I enjoyed this anthology for what it was. An Afro-Venezuelan feminist collection of poetry that did not talk exclusively of its blackness but how blackness permeates all of society and through the poetry itself. Making no distinctions between literate poetry, or political, or chanted lyricism. Because in the end all poetry is literate, political, and lyrical. Simply the anthology answers, “what does it mean to be an Afro-Venezuelan woman?”
The editors do a phenomenal job calling out the “there is no racism in [insert Latin country]” that pervades the colonial mindset that miscegenation has wiped the countries free of the social construct of race. Race, especially in a more racially fluid region maintains a relational aspect. When the black (and blacker) women were seen as merchandise and a commercial object by the colonial definition, the sentiments of hate for “nappy hair” or wider noses sadly continues. That sentiment does not change with time or democracy but with radical transformation and liberation of Black, trans, butch, queer, disabled women.
August 4, 2025
Mujeres que exponen su realidad y en definitiva, al lector, verse reflejado. Logran transmitir alegrías, heridas profundas y hacerte partícipe de su lucha. Un libro que te transforma
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