The 69th Porto Alegre Book Fair will hold the Preto Sou activity cycle this Friday, November 10th. There are lectures, storytelling and artistic and cultural presentations by writers, black collectives and quilombos from Porto Alegre, Portão and Maquiné. The program, aimed at audiences of all ages, will promote debates, dialogues and reflections on culture, art and daily life of African descendants.
The activities will start at 9am, with a chat with writer Rogério Andrade Barbosa. Another highlight will be the colloquium ‘The multiple forms of racism and racial discrimination’, with the participation of deputies Daiana Santos and Reginete Bispo and Baba Diba de Iyemonja. The event mediator will be Emir da Silva.
The activities will take place at Espaço Petrobrás Carlos Urbim, Espaço Jovem Banrisul Vero, Território dos Parceiros da Feira/Correios, in the auditorium of the Memorial do Rio Grande do Sul, in Praça dos Autografos, in Quintal das Histórias/Sulgás and in the Reference Collection Room in Children’s and Young Adult Literature from Rio-Grandense Book Chamber.
Porto Alegre Book Fair – Photo by: Eduardo Fernandes
Porto Alegre Book Fair – Photo by: Eduardo Fernandes
Other information about Ciclo Preto Sou is available on the Book Fair website:
About the Fair
The 69th Porto Alegre Book Fair is sponsored by Master Vero (Banrisul Payments) and Petrobras — sponsor of Espaço Petrobras Carlos Urbim. Sponsored by Gerdau, Porto Alegre City Hall, Zaffari Group, Correios, Federal Government and Caixa. Technology partner: RL Net and Procempa Coordination: Secretary of State for Culture / Government of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Institutional Support Sebrae and Porto Alegre City Council. Media Partners: Eletromidia Special Support: SZ Working, Legislative Assembly of RS, Nescafé and Skeelo., Cultural Support: Banco dos Livros, Fundação Gaúcha dos Bancos Sociais, ESPM, Instituto Camões, Argentine Consulate, Instituto Cervantes, Instituto Goethe, NORLA, Norwegian Embassy, Federal Senate, Panvel, Versa Partner, Kodex, FNDE, Master Hoteis, CEEE Equatorial, Bibliex, Bringer and Espaço Força e Luz. Space provided: Correios Cultural SpaceMemorial do RS.
