Márcia Wayna Kambeba
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| birth_name = Márcia Vieira da Silva
| birth_date = 1979
| birth_place = Tabatinga, Amazonas, Brazil
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| spouse = José Carlos
| children = 1
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| party = PSOL
| occupation = Writer, poet, geographer
| alma_mater = Amazonas State University
Federal University of Amazonas
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Márcia Vieira da Silva, better known as Márcia Wayna Kambeba (born 1979), is a Brazilian poet and geographer.{{Cite web |title=Márcia Kambeba |url=https://www.recantodasletras.com.br/autores/marciakambeba |access-date=25 May 2025|website=Recanto das Letras}}{{Cite web |last=Aun |first=Heloisa |date=18 April 2017|title=A poeta indígena que luta pelos direitos da mulher nas aldeias |url=https://catracalivre.com.br/cidadania/poeta-indigena-que-luta-pelos-direitos-da-mulher-nas-aldeias/ |access-date=25 May 2025|website=Catraca Livre |language=pt-BR}}
Biography
Of Omágua and Kambeba background, Kambeba was born in a Ticuna village (or aldeia) in the locality of Belém do Solimões, which is currently in the town of Tabatinga (formerly Benjamin Constant). She lived there until she was 8 years old, when she moved with her family to São Paulo de Olivença. Her grandmother, Assunta, was a teacher at the aldeia where she was born, and who introduced her to poetry, an interest that would be reinforced by the state of the first school she attended, in São Paulo de Olivença, and by one of her other major influences, "Tia Sueli".{{Cite web |title=Arte fora dos centros - Neta de boto, Márcia Kambeba é a primeira indígena na prefeitura de Belém |url=https://www.uol.com.br/ecoa/colunas/arte-fora-dos-centros/2021/01/26/marcia-kambeba.htm |access-date=25 May 2025|website=www.uol.com.br |language=pt-br}} She graduated with a degree in geography from Amazonas State University (UEA). She earned her master's degree from the Federal University of Amazonas and did research on the territory and identity of her ethnicity.{{Cite web |title=Por que a violência contra mulheres indígenas é tão difícil de ser combatida no Brasil |url=https://www.ihu.unisinos.br/categorias/185-noticias-2016/562856-por-que-a-violencia-contra-mulheres-indigenas-e-tao-dificil-de-ser-combatida-no-brasil |access-date=25 May 2025|website=www.ihu.unisinos.br |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |last=Lacerda |first=Flávio |date=25 January 2018 |title=Mestre em geografia, indígena palestra, conta histórias e canta para conscientizar mulheres na Amazônia |url=https://agenciadenoticias.uniceub.br/cultura/mestre-em-geografia-indigena-palestra-conta-historias-e-canta-para-conscientizar-mulheres-na-amazonia/ |access-date=25 May 2025 |website=Agência de Notícias CEUB}}
As a poet, she adopted the Indigenous name Wayna.{{Cite web |date=25 June 201|title=Escritora indígena do Alto Solimões lança livro sobre preconceitos |url=https://memoria.ebc.com.br/radios/reporter-solimoes/edicao/2015-06/escritora-indigena-do-alto-solimoes-lanca-livro-sobre-preconceitos |access-date=25 May 2025|website=EBC Rádios |language=pt-br}} Her poetry shows similarities with cordel literature and reflects the violence inflicted on the Indigenous peoples and the conflicts brought on by life in the city.{{Cite web |last=Mandagará |first=Pedro |date=31 May 2018 |title=Uma forma de ver as literaturas das mulheres indígenas |url=https://www.suplementopernambuco.com.br/artigos/2100-uma-forma-de-ver-as-literaturas-das-mulheres-ind%C3%ADgenas.html |access-date=25 May 2025|website=Suplemento Pernambuco}}
In 2020, she became a candidate for councilwoman in the city of Belém, the capital of the state of Pará, as a member of PSOL. She was not elected, but with the victory of fellow PSOL member and mayoral candidate Edmilson Rodrigues, she was named the following year as an ouvidor for the city, composing Rodrigues' secretariat. She became the first Indigenous person to be appointed to a first-ranking position in the city. While in the position, as the representation of the demands of the city's population, she had support from ten collaborators, half of them being Indigenous.{{Cite web |last=Belém |first=Agência |title=Ouvidoria: espaço para a voz do povo |url=https://agenciabelem.com.br/Noticia/219193/ouvidoria-espaco-para-a-voz-do-povo |access-date=25 May 2025|website=Agência Belém de Notícias |language=pt-br}}
Personal life
Kambeba is married to mechanic and office owner José Carlos, with whom they have a child, Carlos.{{Cite web |title=#FamíliaAfetiva: ADPEP-PA conta a história de uma indígena casada com um não indígena |url=https://anadep.org.br/wtk/pagina/materia?id=34012 |access-date=25 May 2025|website=Anadep |language=pt-br}} Carlos is autistic and has drawn illustrations in her books. The two worked together in the book Kumiça Jenó: Narrativas Poéticas dos Seres da Floresta, released in 2021.{{Cite web |date=8 April 2022|title=Introvertendo 207 - Autismo e os Povos Indígenas |url=https://www.introvertendo.com.br/podcast/introvertendo-207-autismo-e-os-povos-indigenas/ |access-date=25 May 2025|website=Introvertendo |language=pt-br}}
Bibliography
- 2013 - Ay kakyri Tama - Eu moro na cidade - Grafisa {{ISBN|978-8598349633}}
- 2020 - Saberes da Floresta - Jandaíra{{Cite web |title=Saberes da Floresta |url=https://editorajandaira.com.br/products/saberes-da-floresta |access-date=25 May 2025|website=Editora Jandaíra |language=pt-BR}} {{ISBN|978-6587113104}}
- 2021 - Kumiça Jenó: Narrativas Poéticas dos Seres da Floresta {{ISBN|978-1949868333}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.nima.puc-rio.br/cgi/cgilua.exe/sys/start.htm?infoid=119&sid=68 Interview with Marcia Wayna Kambeba]
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Category:People from Amazonas (Brazilian state)
Category:Brazilian politicians of indigenous peoples descent
Category:Indigenous Brazilian women
Category:Brazilian geographers
Category:Brazilian women poets
Category:Federal University of Amazonas alumni
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