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Based on the theme "Feminist Arts of Words", the XI edition of the Gender Workshop Series proposes a series of monthly talks, around feminist, gender and colonial issues, with authors and other curators of the arts of words. In this session, we will talk with Miriam Alves, based on her work.
 

Bio note 

Conceição Lima was born in Santana, São Tomé and Príncipe. She is a poet and journalist. She holds a degree in African, Portuguese and Brazilian Studies from King's College London and an MA in African Studies, specialising in Government and Politics in Africa, from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. She has held management positions in radio, television and the written press in São Tomé and Príncipe, as well as being a producer for the BBC's Portuguese language services in London. She has had her poems published in newspapers, journals and anthologies in several countries and is the author of four books of poems: O Útero da Casa (2004), A Dolorosa Raiz do Micondó (2006), O País de Akendenguê (2011) and Quando Florirem os Salambás no Tecto do Pico (2015). 

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This activity will be accessible through the Zoom platform and will be limited to number of available places:

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