Worth the 5 star rating without a doubt.

In this book we learn about a reality that has perpetuated throughout centuries, a cancer of society where racism and misogynism go hand in hand because for the Brazilian Black Women things have changed very little, where the violence, sexism, racism, colonialism, homophobia are present in their every day lives. Being silenced or politically and intellectually belittled because women are "too emotional", "too sensitive", "seeing things only from their perspective" and, because of that "can't think objectively about it", because even if statistics show that the Brazilian Feminists Activists speak a truth that's been registered in history, in their bodies, in their lives, THEIR TRUTH, it has been publicly put in doubt.

Djamila speaks for the voices that were drowned, and I'm here to listen. I invite you to listen too.

Thank you Djamila Ribeiro and Yale University Press for providing this book for an honest review consideration via NetGalley.