Margarida Calafate Ribeiro

A Literature Waiting in the Wings for History: A Tribute to Patrick Chabal

I would like to begin by making clear that I am an interloper on the terrain of Portuguese-language African literatures. Over my career, their varied manifestations have drawn me in, repeatedly revealing themselves to be key to my understanding of contemporary Portugal and its relationship with its former empire. I would like to register my profound gratitude to Patrick Chabal in particular, along with other colleagues and writers, who have shown me other means of expression, other archives and other ways of understanding those who centuries ago were startled by the unexpected arrival of a boat full of Europeans in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Indeed, Luis de Camoes captured the curiosity in their bewilderment, as he had them question in their native tongues the Portuguese explorers:

O literário é político. A leitura em voo rasante de alguns tópicos da obra de João Paulo Borges Coelho

O literario e politico. A leitura em voo rasante de alguns topicos da obra de Joao Paulo Borges Coelho

Pensar a partir da literatura: da importância dos estudos ibero-americanos

This paper aims to show, from a literary standpoint the relevance of latin american thought and ibero-american studies for modern contemporary portuguese thought, in particular the thinking on portuguese post-colonialism.