The indelible female in the poetic words of Warsan Shire, Upile Chisala and Safia Elhillo

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https://doi.org/10.5007/2176-8552.2020.e72336

Abstract

The first observation related to literary writing is linked to the physical act of writing itself, conditioned to a body tension that is only relieved, finished, when writing is finished. It itself is deeply linked to a historical conjuncture, since it is not timeless, neither impersonal. Added to this is the fact that the writer, when conceiving notions of belonging among the society that surrounds him, cannot isolate himself from everything that somehow sensitizes him. Considering, therefore, that man and society are very consistent, we carefully analyze the poetic writing of Warsan Shire (Kenya), Upile Chisala (Malawi) and Safia Elhillo (Sudan), which is too much associated with their personal experiences as well as to the historical past of its countries of origin and the cultural heritage of their ancestors, since the writing itself carries a load of a great urgency related to the socio-political-cultural moment of contemporary society.

Author Biographies

Elen Rodrigues Gonçalves, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Especialista em História da África e Mestra em Estudos Literários pela Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF). Atualmente é estudante de doutorado em Estudos Literários pela mesma instituição.

Bárbara Inês Ribeiro Simões Daibert, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF).

Diretora de Relações Internacionais na Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), doutora em Literatura Comparada pela Universidade Federal de Fluminense (UFF). Tem experiência nas áreas de Literatura Comparada, Literatura Afro-Brasileira e Literaturas de Língua Inglesa, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: memória, ficção contemporânea e silêncio nas literaturas afro-diaspórica e pós-colonial.

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2021-04-09

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Vol. 1 No. 29 (2020): Colapso

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