Ellen Lima Wassu is a Brazilian indigenous writer and thinker from the Wassu Cocal people in Alagoas.[1]

Biography

Lima Wassu was born in Rio de Janeiro. Having a master's degree in art history, in 2021 she published Ixé ygara voltando pra 'y'kûá through the Urutau publishing house. The book, written in Portuguese and Old Tupi, addresses issues she had faced throughout her life. Lima Wassu also contributed to Volta para tua terra, an anthology of anti-fascist and anti-racist poets in Portugal.[2] As of 2023, she was pursuing a doctoral degree in Postcolonial Studies at the University of Minho.[1][3][4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Moscoso, Lina. "A causa indígena em Portugal" [The indigenous cause in Portugal]. Vozes (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Negreiros, Adriana (13 July 2021). "Imigrantes brasileiros escrevem poemas sobre preconceito em Portugal" [Brazilian immigrants write poems about prejudice in Portugal]. UOL (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Ellen Lima Wassu". editoraurutau.com (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "três poemas de Ellen Lima" [three poems by Ellen Lima]. gueto (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Bezerra de Melo, Manuella (13 April 2021). "Ellen Lima, a diáspora indígena e seus poemas em Português e Tupi Antigo" [Ellen Lima, the indigenous diaspora, and her poems in Portuguese and Old Tupi]. Revista Caliban (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.


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