"Mornas eram as noites" and "Mulheres Sagradas": a transatlantic crossing between Dina Salústio e Aidil Araújo Lima

Abstract

This paper brings an analytical reading of the works Mulheres Sagradas of Brazilian Aidil Araújo Lima and Mornas eram as noites, of Cape Verdean Dina Salústio. The aim is to propose a dialogue between these two black women writers. The theoretical background starts from the notion of 'writing-living' proposed by Conceição Evaristo, in addition to theoretical propositions on the literature of black women's authorship. There are current themes in the writers' narratives: violence against women, the insistent silencing imposed by machismo and daily and structural racism. However, these narratives propose confrontation, the breaking of this marked structure of power and subservience. Whether through the recognition of ancestry or of the body as voice and writing, these writers place in the discursive game the perception of their own subjectivity. They show a body-woman marked by insurrections and questioning when they position themselves as utero-sex-politics-discourse-power. In addition, the authors dialogue with the Creole, ancestral, sacred voices and with other voices of sister women, who question the condition of women in society and relocate the writing and the body of black female authorship in the scenario of literature.