On Wednesday, April 7, Kiusam de Oliveira will present her lecture on African Brazilian children’s books, "From O Black Power de Akin to Akin's Afro: A Multicultural Journey". Ms. Kiusam will be in the presence of Maria Carolina Marchi (Maria Sol Produções Culturais), with a Q&A led by Jaret Waters (OSU). This lecture is the fifteenth installment of the Afro-Brazilian Arts and Activism Lecture Series by CLAS. The event is FREE and open to the public!
Kiusam de Oliveira is a Brazilian writer, who started her career attending college classes while in high school. Right after that, she started studying Pedagogy, focusing on School Administration and Teacher Education. She has a specialization in Higher Education Methodology and Intellectual Disability, a Master's in School Psychology and Human Development, and a Doctorate in Education, all from USP -- Universidade de São Paulo. She was in charge of Ethnic-Racial Relations at UFES (Federal University of Espíritu Santo) until 2019.
She has been a teacher for more than 25 years, having dedicated much of her time to Special Education and Teacher Education in Diadema, a city in the outskirts of São Paulo, implementing projects in accordance with Law 10.639/031 and holding different roles in public management functions. Over the years, she has developed training activities for educators and professionals from all areas, along with public and private institutions, on topics related to gender diversity, ethnic-racial issues, and the like.
From 2009, she began a sequence of literary releases with great national and international success, having her books awarded in several categories. Highlights include the book Omo-Oba: Histórias de Princesas (Omo-Oba: Princesses Histories), highly awarded by 2019, when she celebrated 10 years from its first edition. After that, she also released O Mundo no Black Power de Tayó (2013), O Mar que banha a ilha de Goré (2014), and O Black Power de Akin (2020). Ms. Kiusam is entering 2021 with plans to release a series of 7 new works throughout the year, with Akin's Afro (the English version of O Black Power de Akin) being the first to kick off the series.
1 Federal regulation from 2003 that creates the obligatory discipline "Afro-Brazilian History and Culture" in all public schools in Brazil.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
11:10 AM - 12:30 PM (horário Brasília 12:10-13:30)
Zoom LinK: go.osu.edu/CLASAfroBrazil
Meeting ID: 940 5025 4422
Password: 183273
*If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Isis Barra Costa at barracosta.1@osu.edu. Requests made one week in advance of the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.*
