This author deeply explores themes of the body, gender, and sexuality within the literature of Portuguese-speaking African nations. Her research, particularly focusing on Mozambican poets and prose writers, uncovers the intricate ways the body and its representations are utilized in their works. She further investigates the roles of medicine, pathology, and disability in African literatures, offering a unique perspective on these often-overlooked aspects of human experience. Her writing examines the intersection of race, violence, health, and mortality through the lens of the physical form.
This is the first book to comparatively explore the gendered and sexual body in Mozambican literature, engaging in dialogue the work of six authors spanning different generations, styles and aesthetics. It offers a fresh and creative new perspective on Mozambican history, political life and literary output.