"Essa Dama Bate Bué" e o cânone literário angolano

• Autor(a) principal: Vasile, Iolanda
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/96903; https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2021.4.16
• topic: Angola; Angolan women; Canon; Yara Monteiro; Guerrilla movements; Angola; Femei angoleze; Canon; Yara Monteiro; Mișcări de gherilă

A relevant topic for the history of literature, the literary canon has been widely questioned and the Angolan literary canon is no exception, being constantly susceptible to changes. The current paper aims at challenging the Angolan literary canon and defending the necessity of including the novel Essa Dama Bate Bué by Yara Monteiro. Published in 2018, it represents an example of silenced literature about women and guerrilla movements during the war for national independence, the subsequent civil war, and the post-conflict period. The book problematizes the presence of women in national wars, the countless roles they played, but also their integration in the post-colonial society, giving insights into a topic largely ignored in Angolan literature.