Evaristos united: namesakes Bernardine and Conceição meet at book festival
Celebrated authors discuss the somewhat connected stories of their shared surname at literary event in Rio
Born more than 5,500 miles apart, the Booker prize winner Bernardine Evaristo, 65, and Brazil’s most celebrated living Black author, Conceição Evaristo, 77, share the same surname, though they are – as far as is known – unrelated.
But their surnames’ stories are somewhat connected, and shed light on aspects of the history of Brazil, the country that received the largest number of enslaved Africans during the transatlantic slave trade.
Continue reading...
Read more at The Guardian
-
India celebrates Diwali, the festival of lights
Top stories - BBC News - October 30 -
Halloween festival ends in carnival atmosphere
Top stories - BBC News - October 31
More from The Guardian
-
Donald Trump announces vaccine skeptic RFK Jr to lead US health department – live updates
World - The Guardian - 6 minutes ago -
Stop ‘draconian’ mass deportations of Haitians fleeing gangs, activists say
World - The Guardian - 2 hours ago -
UN special committee likens Israeli policy in Gaza to genocide
World - The Guardian - 6 hours ago -
NSO – not government clients – operates its spyware, legal documents reveal
World - The Guardian - 1 hour ago -
London-based Russian TV chef Alexei Zimin found dead in Belgrade
World - The Guardian - 4 hours ago
Latest in World
-
Donald Trump announces vaccine skeptic RFK Jr to lead US health department – live updates
World - The Guardian - 6 minutes ago -
West Indies v England: third men’s T20 cricket international – live
World - The Guardian - 7 minutes ago -
Paris on alert as Israeli soccer team to play after violence in Amsterdam
World - CBS News - 10 minutes ago -
Fans clash at football match between France and Israel
World - The Guardian - 17 minutes ago -
Israel Bombs Targets in Syria, and Keeps Up Strikes in Lebanon
World - The New York Times - 24 minutes ago