African Literature Congress takes place from July 29th to 31st

The III AFROLIC International Congress – Association of Teachers of African Literature – starts on Monday, 29th, and runs until July 31st, at the UFRN Central Campus. The theme is focused on Literature, Inequality and Teaching. The Symposium proposes to discuss, based on African and Afro-Brazilian literature, issues related to ways of combating inequalities generated by prejudice, racism and discrimination in the classroom.
The opening conference will take place on Monday, 29th, at 8pm, in the Central Auditorium of Instituto Ágora, with the presence of professor from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) Nilma Lino Gomes, master in education and doctor in social anthropology.
The event is being organized by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), in partnership with the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and the Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN).
About the speaker
Professor Nilma Lino Gomes is originally from Belo Horizonte and was the first black woman in Brazil to head a public federal university, in 2013, when she was appointed rector of the University of International Integration of Afro-Brazilian Lusofonia (UNILAB). In 2015, Nilma Lino was led to the Ministry of Women, Racial Equality and Human Rights, a department created by then president Dilma Rousseff, which united the secretariats of Policies for Women, Racial Equality, Human Rights and part of the General Secretariat's responsibilities. She remained in office until the day the president was removed by the Federal Senate.
More information about the event can be emailed to: afrolic2019@gmail.com and the complete program can be found on the congress website.