Mel Adún
Mel Adún is a writer and journalist, a Master in Literature and Culture at the Federal University of Bahia, and a Ph.D. student in Literature and Culture at the University of Kentucky. She is co-founder of Editora Ogum's Publishing House in Brasil. Mel Adún is the author of A Lua Cheia de Vento (children's book, 2015) and Adumbi (children's book, 2016); and Peixe fora da Baía (contos, 2021) and Quantas Tantas (poetry, 2021). Her writings can be found, in poetry and prose, in several anthologies inside and out of Brasil. The Waters chose Mel Adún; she is the daughter of Oxum and the mother of Ominirê. In her writings, black-amefrican-feminist voices can be heard, always carried by the ancestors' power in her texts. Mel Adún is part of the Ogum's Toques Negros Collective and is a coordinator at Kilomba - Black Brazilian Women Collective.
Event: Black Liberatory Futures