Alzira Rufino
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Alzira Rufino (Santos, São Paulo, 6 July 1949) is a Brazilian feminist and activist associated with the Black Movement and the Black Women's Movement. She was born to a poor family and worked as a child. She won her first literary prize in her youth. At the age of 19, she began her studies in healthcare, graduating from nursing school. She is a leader in the Afro-Brazilian literature and cultural arts movement.[1] In 1990, she founded Casa de Cultura da Mulher Negra (Black Women's House of Culture), the country's first black women's centre.[2]
Selected works
- Violência Doméstica e Racial [1]
- Direitos Humanos das Mulheres Negras [2]
- Educação Anti-racista [3]
- Comunicação [4]
- Cultura Afro-brasileira [5]
References
- ^ Beeson, Anita S (2009). Political Identities: The Indigenous and Afrodescendant Women's Movements in Bolivia and Brazil, a Case Study. University of Texas at San Antonio. Department of Political Science and Geography.: ProQuest. pp. 54–. ISBN 978-1-109-12358-6.
- ^ Payne, Katrina (February 1995). "Interview: 'I, Black Woman, Resist!' Katrina Payne Talks to Alzira Rufino". Gender and Development. 3 (1). Taylor & Francis, Ltd. on behalf of Oxfam GB. JSTOR 4030428.
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- Articles with too few wikilinks from April 2016
- Living people
- 1949 births
- People from Santos, São Paulo
- Brazilian nurses
- Brazilian women writers
- Brazilian writers
- Brazilian people of African descent
- Brazilian non-fiction writers
- Brazilian feminists
- Brazilian religious leaders
- Brazilian songwriters
- Brazilian human rights activists