Susana Andrade
Susana Andrade | |
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Deputy of the Republic | |
Assumed office 2015 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Montevideo, Uruguay | 9 February 1963
Political party | Broad Front |
Spouse | Julio Kronberg |
Children | Germán, Naomi |
Alma mater | University of the Republic |
Occupation | Procurator, columnist, journalist, politician |
Website | www |
Nickname | Mae Susana de Oxum |
Susana Andrade (born 9 February 1963) is a Uruguayan procurator, journalist, columnist, Umbanda religious figure, and politician.
Biography
Susana Andrade was born in Montevideo and has eight siblings. She studied at the Faculty of Law of the University of the Republic. She has been a columnist for the newspaper La República since 2004.[1] She belongs to Broad Front Space List 711.[2][3]
Andrade has been known as Mae Susana de Oxum in the Umbanda religion since 1991.[4] She is the first Afro-Umbandan to hold the office of Deputy of the Republic. She is the founder of the Atabaque Group.[5][6]
In 2008 she participated in the project Dueños de la encrucijada, analyzing Afro-Brazilian religious rites.[7]
In 2015, she presented her book Mima Kumba, which deals with the "difficulties of social insertion of an Afro-Brazilian and Afro-descendant religious social militant woman." The author aggregated verses, thoughts, and her own writings.[8]
She married Julio Kronberg, with whom she has two children, Germán and Naomi Kronberg Andrade.[6]
Books
References
- ^ Caetano, Gerardo (6 February 2014). El Uruguay Laico (in Spanish). Penguin Random House. ISBN 9789974957121. Retrieved 26 December 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Andrade satisfecha por imputación de quien la llamó 'bruja asesina'" [Andrade Satisfied by Accusation of Those Who Called Her 'Murderous Witch'] (in Spanish). El Espectador. EFE. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ "Susana Andrade" (in Spanish). Broad Front Space List 711. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ Gonçalves da Silva, Vagner (2007). Intolerância religiosa (in Portuguese). EdUSP. p. 76. ISBN 9788531410222. Retrieved 26 December 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ "IFA del Uruguay: La primera federación afroumbandista con personería juridíca" [IFA Uruguay: The First Afro-Umbandan Federation With Legal Personhood]. Periódico (in Spanish). Atabaque. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ a b c Ripoll, José (28 September 2009). "La aventura de Susana Andrade" [Susana Andrade's Adventure]. LaRed21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ Carelli Lynch, Guido (11 April 2008). "El arte contemporáneo y la antropología posan sus ojos en las creencias afrobrasileñas" [Contemporary Art and Anthropology Turn Their Eyes to Afro-Brazilian Beliefs]. Clarín Revista Enie (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Susana Andrade presenta 'Mima Kumba y otros encantos negros' en Casa Afro". LaRed21 (in Spanish). 20 February 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
External links
- 1963 births
- Broad Front (Uruguay) politicians
- Living people
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay
- Politicians from Montevideo
- University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni
- Uruguayan columnists
- Uruguayan people of African descent
- Uruguayan women in politics
- Women columnists
- 21st-century women politicians