Esmeralda Ribeiro
Esmeralda
Ribeiro is a journalist from the city of São Paulo. She was bornon October 24th, 1958. She is a member of Quilombhoje Literatura, the
literary group responsible for the publication of the series Cadernos
Negros. She has published more than thirty poems in Cadernos Negros,
Volumes 5, 7, and 9, and a short story in Cadernos Negros 8.
She is the author of a short novel Malungos e Milongas
Esmeralda Ribeiro is the author of several theoretical essays of importance
including an essay on children's literature in Reflexões Sobre a Literatura
Afro-Brasileiro. Another significant essay, "A escritora negra e o seu ato de
escrever Participando," in Criação Crioula, Nu Elefante Branco, examines
the role of Black women writers and the political dimensions of their
works. This essay called for Black Brazilian women writers to recognize
the absence of authentic Black feminine images in Brazilian literature
in general and challenged them to recognize the political significance
of self-definition in their works.