Recordações d’uma Colonial (Memórias da preta Fernanda) is a fictional autobiography originally published in 1912 and co-authored by two obscure writers, A. Totta and F. Machado. The book, containing elements of a satirical bildungsroman, recounts the journey of Fernanda do Vale (a name that in the book is presented as the literary pseudonym of Andrêsa do Nascimento), a woman commonly known at the time as “preta Fernanda” [black Fernanda] and who the authors present as being Cape Verdean, from her birth and childhood on the island of S. Tiago to her journey through Dakar towards the capital of the empire, Lisbon, the city where most of the events narrated take place. Very little is known about Fernanda do Vale’s life beyond what is represented in the narrative, which, being unreliable, obtains partial corroboration from the few surviving external sources. This book is a critical edition, and includes two essays by Inocência Mata and Pedro Schacht with historical data and an important contextualization on the questions of racism, colonialism and its literary representations.

ed.______, a seal which comprises two collections – “Series” and “Sequence” -, results from the collaboration between the Teatro Praga and the publisher Sistema Solar, with the coordination of  André e. Teodósio and José Maria Vieira Mendes

The “Series” collection discloses the intangible heritage of contemporary performing arts. “Sequence” collection is organised in thematic books from different disciplines, which offer a reflection on systems of power and protest in the present time.

Title | Recordações d’uma Colonial (Memorias da preta Fernanda)

Presentation | Inocência Mata, Pedro Schacht Pereira

Authors | A. Totta and F. Machado

Edition | Teatro Praga / Sistema Solar (chancela ed._______, 2022)

Coordination| André e. Teodósio and José Maria Vieira Mendes

Design | Horácio Frutuoso

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