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The South Atlantic suggests multiple approaches, that range from the poetics between death and the maternal strength all the way to humanism, passing through the transformative power of the arts and the genocide of black populations in Brazil. Humanism at the center   Abdulai Sila talking in Panel 4 | © Taylla de Paula Source: (https://www.goethe.de/ins/br/en/kul/sup/echoes/eds/21262117.html) After running the world and living 16 years outside of Guinea-Bissau, the engineer and writer Abdulai Sila understood that it would be necessary to “recreate humanity with humanism, having Africa as a crib.” When Sila was born, his country was not yet free. He believes, however, that to approach contemporary matters is harder than to conquer independence. “We defeated colonialism and I survived that. Now I feel like I am fighting my last battle.” The work of Sila is vanguardist in the use of emerging technologies to accelerate the development of the country. He is ...

Resumo da minha contribuição na Conferência Internacional " Echoes of the South Atlantic " que teve lugar em Salvador, Bahia, em Abril de 2018. Apesar da conferência ter sido organizada por uma instituição alemã (Goethe Institute) e ter tido lugar num país lusófono, a língua de trabalho foi inglês. Todos os papers e debates foram nesta língua... (c) Goethe Institute After a rather turbulent and painful historical period, which lasted for almost five centuries and included the most cruel forms of subjugation that has been memorized in the history of mankind, such as slavery and colonization, all Africans (from both sides of the Atlantic), whether from an engaged position or a camouflaged stance, share a deep rooted feeling: a score to settle with History . The outcome of a common past of domination, oppression, and humiliation within and outside Africa, plus the generalized existential discrimination and marginalization, have had, as “collateral effect”, the em...