MUKANDA TIODORA - ILLUSTRATIONS, BLACK AND WHITE

In the mid-19th century, the black population of São Paulo had its own spaces, with churches, neighborhoods and other living spaces. Although the power was entirely in the hands of whites (many of whom were not not so white), thousands of blacks - slaves or free - exercised different professions: porters, launderers, fruit and vegetable merchants, etc. Among these people was Tiodora Dias da Cunha, born in Africa, separated from the rest of her family and sold as a slave to a canon of São Paulo. Through letters to her husband and son, Tiodora sought to all means to raise the money necessary to obtain his freedom and his freedom. These letters were archived following a police investigation in which she found herself involved in. Mukanda Tiodora was inspired by this story. The new comic strip by Marcelo D'Salete, author of Angola Janga and Cumbe (Eisner Award 2018) is a gripping story, based on true events, in an edition rich in historical documents, including texts from historians Cristina Wissenbach and Silvana Jeha, a chronology of the struggle abolitionist in São Paulo and, for the first time, a complete reproduction letters from Tiodora.