Paper short abstract:

In this paper, we will analyze the work of Vera Duarte. Her literary writing refracts the various roles that Cape Verdean women play in contemporaneity, as well as their contribution to the construction of a world of freedom, equality and dignity. We aim to demonstrate that the new feminism reflects new Cape Verdean perspectives.

Paper long abstract:

Since the post-independence of Cape Verde, writers have proposed other views on the social roles of women: these views are represented by Fátima Bettencourt, Dina Salústio, Ondina Ferreira, Vera Duarte and other Creole personalities.

In this paper, we will analyze the work of Vera Duarte. Her literary writing refracts the various roles that Cape Verdean women play in contemporaneity, as well as their contribution to the construction of a world of freedom, equality and dignity.

The option of "A Reinvenção do Mar" (2018), poetry combined in verse and prose, is due to the presence of texts selected by the author who, in an antagonic reading, emphasizes and praises Creole women, Cape Verde and caboverdianidade in different perspectives.

We'll show that the new feminism of this poet reflects new views and perspectives towards daily life in Cape Verde, as well as a critical inventory of the dramas and emotional conflicts experienced by the feminist "I" in her literary writing.

Furthermore, we'll approach the speeches "Democracia e Direitos Humanos" (1992) e "La Charte Africaine et Les Droits des Femmes Africaines" (1995), given by Vera Duarte, bearing in mind their interiorization of meanings in the poetic writing of Vera Duarte.

To support this research, we'll recall the work of some scholars: M. Bakhtin, José Vicente Lopes, Amílcar Cabral, Arnaldo França, José Luís Hopffer Almada, Stuart Hall and others.

Some pictorial images will be projected, with the aim of giving greater visibility and voice to this research.