Fed with rumors and inaccurate media stories, non-indigenous people used to think that it was a dangerous place to visit.īrowned off, the boys discovered a potent medium through which to speak up their truth: rap music. Thirteen years ago, four boys living in two indigenous communities in the agricultural State of Mato Grosso do Sul - Jaguapiru e Bororó, which is part of the Francisco Horta Barbosa indigenous reserve, began to notice that the idea outsiders had about their village was misled. "Today we have teachers, doctors, lawyers and these people can help us as people of our peoples," activist Karo Munduruku, who hosted a debate on Twitter Spaces in July to discuss indigenous involvement in politics, told FairPlanet.įairPlanet spoke with candidates competing in the upcoming October 2022 elections, as well as with artists, activists and intellectuals to find out what some of the main messages indginenous people wish to convey are and why it’s crucial for the rest of us to listen. Like Munduruku, countless indigenous peoples are raising their voices in arts, science and politics. This reality has recently begun to change.
The stories in the novel are an "imagination and research exercise" about the lives of indigenous people who were living in these southern lands when Portuguese conquerors arrived in 1500, heralding an era of domination and exploitation that has thus far been primarily chronicled through white people's lens. It has not actually happened, but it could," says Daniel Munduruku in the book " O Karaíba: uma história pré-Brasil" ( The Karaíba: a story about pre-Brazil), one of 57 books written by the award-winning indigenous author.
"Our agenda is necessary for the balance of life on the planet."
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