“VOICES THAT STILL ECHO”: ANCESTRY, BODY-MEMORY, RESISTANCE AND WRITINGS OF BLACK WOMEN IN QUILOMBO CASTAINHO, GARANHUNS, PERNAMBUCO.

Abstract

This article reflects on the ways and conditions of life and work, as well as the social power relations that permeate and determine the (re)existence of Black quilombola women, identifying the repercussions of political organization on health promotion. Based on the confluence of my own experience and the experiences of Black quilombola women from Castainho, Pernambuco, I use writing as methodological tools. Memories of resistance, initially transmitted orally, reveal collective strategies for survival, care, and coping with historical inequalities, rendered invisible by social power relations.