Djamila Ribeiro
Brazilian philosophist and feminist
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| June 2025 | Announced in an interview with Portuguese newspaper Expresso that her columns from 2019 to 2024 will be published in two volumes by publishing house Caminho, with the first volume to be unveiled at the Lisbon Book Fair. |
| 2024 | Delivered the keynote lecture at the Universidade do Estado da Bahia during the launch of the play adaptation of Pequeno Manual Antirracista. |
| 2024 | Appointed as a board member for Fundação Padre Anchieta, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, and the University of São Paulo Endowment Fund. |
| 2024 | Visited the Saramago Foundation in Portugal and launched the translation of 'Cartas para Minha Avó' with publisher Caminho. |
| 2024 | Participated in teacher training sessions with public school educators in Brazil. |
| 2024 | Attended the Lisbon Book Fair and Nairobi Book Fair. |
| 2024 | Began shooting a documentary with Nicole Gullane about her life. |
| 2024 | Her book Lugar de Fala was translated into English and published as 'Where We Stand' by Yale University Press, featuring a foreword by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. |
| 2024 | Invited to teach for a semester at New York University (NYU) at the Andrés Bello Chair. |
| November 2024 | Spent a week in Araraquara, São Paulo, as the featured writer at the Feira Literária da Morada do Sol, where she reconnected with writer Ignácio de Loyola Brandão. |
| 2023 | Met film director Nicole Gullane, which sparked the idea for a documentary about her life and work. |
| 2023 | Joined the Candomblé terreiro Ilé Àse Olùwáiyè Ni Oya, led by Mãe Márcia de Obaluayê. |
| 2023 | Became the first Brazilian to speak at the UN General Assembly's Day of Remembrance for the Abolition of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, a significant milestone in the fight against racism. |
| 2023 | Moved the Instituto into a building in Moema, São Paulo, with support from administrative director Maurício Rocha. |
| 2023 | Developed institutional initiatives with Formula 1 Grand Prix and Escola do Mecânico to train women in mechanics, sheet metal work, and forklift operation. |
| 2023 | Launched the 'Será que é amor?' ('Is it love?') project in partnership with Casa Rosângela Rigo, creating a booklet and talks to help women recognize and address domestic violence. |
| 2023 | Appeared on PodPah, one of Brazil's largest podcasts, and later on the nationally recognized podcast Bom Dia Obvious. |
| 2023 | Received the Gender Equality and Racial Inclusion Award at the 8th Leadership for the Americas Awards Gala hosted by the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, D.C. |
| July 2023 | Invited to the Jardins de Verão Gulbenkian in Lisbon, where her presentation broke all previous audience records, requiring impromptu adaptations and live cinema hall broadcasts. |
| 2022 | Awarded the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law by the Foreign Ministers of France and Germany. |
| 2022 | Received the Braz Cubas Medal of Honor for Merit, the highest honor granted by the city of Santos. |
| 2022 | Wrote the review for the song 'Beleza Destruída', composed by Djavan and musically arranged by Djavan and Milton Nascimento. |
| 2022 | Attended the Hay Festival Cartagena and the Mondiacult 2022 of UNESCO in Mexico City, invited by the Netherlands and Mexican government to lecture on global book translation policy transformations. |
| 2022 | Founded the Espaço Feminismos Plurais (Plurals Feminisms Space), a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting socially vulnerable women in São Paulo, offering in-person services including professional training and free support. |
| May 2022 | Elected to the Paulista Academy of Letters, occupying chair number 28. |
| May 2022 | Hosted a talk with Chimamanda Adichie in Rio de Janeiro, which sold over 3,000 tickets in less than 10 minutes. |
| 2021 | Published 'Cartas para minha avó' (Letters to my grandmother), a deeply personal work exploring black ancestry, family history, love relationships, and professional experiences while honoring the struggles and achievements of previous generations of black people. |
| 2021 | Published 'Dialogue transatlantique: Perspectives de la pensée féministe noire et des diasporas africaines', a collaborative book with Nadia Yala Kisukidi exploring Black feminist thought, race, gender, and culture across diasporic perspectives. The book was initially published by Éditions Anacaona and later by Bazar do Tempo in Brazil. |
| 2021 | Became the first Brazilian to receive the BET Awards. |
| 2021 | Invited by the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) to develop a mandatory anti-racism course for the Brazilian delegation to Tokyo, with the initiative later exported to other South American Committees. |
| June 2021 | Invited by the Electoral Court of Justice, Djamila Ribeiro participated in a national campaign promoting the security of electronic ballot systems, countering extreme right-wing questioning. |
| 2020 | Her book 'Pequeno Manual Antirracista' became the best-selling book in Brazil, indicating significant public interest in her anti-racist discourse and perspectives. |
| 2020 | Received the Sim à Igualdade Racial Award in the Race on the Agenda category. |
| 2020 | Won the Jabuti Award in the Essay category for her book 'Pequeno Manual Antirracista'. |
| 2020 | Partnered with comedian Paulo Gustavo for the first Brazilian Instagram occupation, bringing feminist and racial debate to his 13 million followers. Launched the 'Juntos pela Transformação' (Together for Transformation) project promoting social collectives across Brazil. Became the laureate author at Lima Book Festival and gave a lecture at the University of Iowa. |
| 2020 | Began serving as an ambassador for Johnnie Walker Brazil, co-creating campaigns featuring prominent Black Brazilian feminists. |
| 2020 | Participated as a panelist during an interview with Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil on the prestigious Brazilian interview show Roda Viva. |
| 2020 | Compiled and published Sou sua irmã: Escritos reunidos e inédito, a collection of articles and poems by Audre Lorde, translated by Stephanie Borges and published by Editora Ubu. |
| 2020 | Files a lawsuit against Twitter for profiting from racist comments and hate speech. |
| 2019 | Recognized by BBC as one of the 100 most influential women in the world. |
| December 2019 | Received the Prince Claus Award in the Netherlands, spending a week attending ceremony events and engaging with the Royal family. Also served as a Guest Professor at South Carolina University's Maxcy's College. |
| November 2019 | Published the 'Pequeno Manual Antirracista' (Small Anti-Racist Handbook), which became Brazil's best-selling book in 2020. |
| July 2019 | Signed the introduction of Grada Kilomba's Illusions exposition at the Pinacoteca of São Paulo. |
| June 2019 | Began writing a weekly column for Folha de São Paulo. |
| June 21 2019 | Debuted her weekly opinion column in Folha de São Paulo's Ilustrada section with the article 'Desculpe, Whitney' ('Sorry, Whitney'), reflecting on her love for Whitney Houston. |
| May 2019 | Embarked on her first book tour in France, promoting the French translation of 'Lugar de Fala' with her editor Paula Anacaona. Held events in Paris, Rennes, Montpellier, Toulouse, Brussels, and Lille. |
| March 2019 | Met French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée Palace as part of the French government's Personalities of Tomorrow program, engaging with French and European parliamentarians and women's rights activists. |
| January 2019 | Traveled to the United States, delivering lectures at UC Berkeley and Duke University. Attended the Planeta Brasil Festival, where she spoke out against ecological disasters with Milton Nascimento and Criolo. |
| 2018 | Received an indication for the Jabuti Prize in the Humanities category for her book 'O que é Lugar de fala?'. |
| 2018 | Named Best Columnist at the Trophy Women in Press awards. |
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