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In this seminal study of hip-hop literacies, Black identity formation and artivism in Brazil, Dr. Ana Lúcia Silva Souza presents the diverse literacy practices that have emerged within and in relation to Brazil's hip-hop movement. Ana Lúcia Silva Souza demonstrates how Brazilian hip-hop literacies locate, point out, propose, act and teach others to act for social change. Hip-hop literacies not only teach youth how to resist, but also how to reexist.
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Dr. Ana Lúcia Silva Souza is an activist, an educator, a reader of the world. She has a degree in political and social sciences, a master's degree in social sciences, a doctorate and a postdoctoral degree in applied linguistics. Dr. Silva Souza is a professor at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), in the Institute of Letters. She leads the UFBA-based research group RASURAS: Literacies of Reexistence in the Black Diaspora. She is affiliated with the Brazilian Association of Black Researchers - ABPN and on the board of directors of the NGO Ação Educativa. In her research she delves into uses of language, literacy, hip hop culture, youth and affirmative action policies as tools for social change. Dr. Silva Souza has published, taught, and lectured extensively throughout the Americas and the African Continent.
