Ibis Libris Editora launches “The Abecedário que se Fingiu de Mudo”, by the Mozambican Ernesto Moamba, known as the ‘Son of Africa’ for the subject of his writing.
The work is a reflection on the need to know who we are and what our value is.
Ibis Libris Editora, in its 22nd anniversary year, launches its 600th book, “O ABECEDÁRIO QUE SE FINGIU DE MUDO”, by Ernesto Moamba, from Mozambique, written in 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic and illustrated by Lino, also from Mozambique.
According to Angelina Neves, who signs the introduction: “This tale makes us reflect on the need to know who we are and what our value is. It teaches us that when we are aware of what we are and what we are worth, we don’t need to love or show others that we are bigger or better than them. My wish is that many children can eat the fruits of your tree and that the seed of these values that we seem to lack remains in them: the certainty of being great, good and honest. And it is my dream that children always find a way to feel and make poetry”.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ernesto Moamba, also known as “Son of Africa”, was born on August 4, 1994, in Mozambique, in the city of Maputo. The theme of his writing is marked by the pain, despair and suffering of his forgotten Mother Africa (according to the author), a true dirge, an ode to Africa.
He is a founding member of AMCL (World Academy of Culture and Literature), occupying the 21st Chair, with Patron Cruz e Souza. Finalist of the Segundo Varal Literário Prize of the Municipality of Divinopolitana de Letras, in Minas Gerais (BR), in the International Genre of Poetry, in first place. Launched and published, by Editora do Carmo (Brasília, BR), his debut book of poetry, “Liberta-te, Mãe África”.
He received 3rd place in the IV International Prose Competition – Prêmio Machado de Assis 2017, organized by the Confraria Cultural Brasil-Portugal (CCBP). Launched and published, by Editora Folheando (Pará, BR), the children’s book “O Coelho Fugitivo: Entre a Esperteza eo Medo”, as well as the second edition of “Liberta-te, Mãe África”. He recently published, in the United States of America, in New York, through Editora Underline Publishing, the book “Free Yourself, Mother Africa”, translated into English, and, in Colombia, by Editorial Torcaza, the Spanish translation of “Libérate, Mother Africa. “.
Currently, he has three International Anthologies in which he participates as curator/organizer: Poetry Anthology Brazil-Mozambique (UESPI-NEPA, Marleide Lins); International Anthology of Mozambique in Verse (Literarte Brasil, Izabelle Valladares) and Lusophone Feelings (Editora Porto Lenha, Ana Ferreira). He is a member of the Circle of Mozambican Writers in Diaspora – Headquarters in Portugal and President of the Municipal Nucleus of Maputo of the International Academy of União Cultura-Brasil.
In addition to the decoration in Brazil by the World Organization of Human Rights Defenders (OMDDH), with the titles of Ambassador of Peace and Human Rights Defender and International Cultural and Social Eminent, as well as Educational Title in 2020, he holds several awards for his literary production, among which is the Global Poet 2022 – Word Poetry Anthen, awarded by the World Poetic Meetings, in Texas, USA.
With works launched and published in Brazil, the United States and Colombia, among other countries, Moamba is a member of the Circle of Mozambican Writers in Diaspora, based in Portugal, president of the Maputo Municipal Core of the International Academy of União Cultura – Brazil , president and founding member of the Mozambique Academic Circle of Letters and Arts, based in Maputo.
Email: [email protected]
Instagram: @ernesto_moamba
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Lino António Tivane was born in the province of Maputo, Urbanização, a neighborhood near the capital of Mozambique, on January 16, 1999. He is a graphic designer, illustrator, artist and graduate student of the Diploma in Teaching Physics with Qualifications for Renewable Energies in Pedagogical University of Maputo. The son of a merchant mother and a carpenter father, who are very proud of him. He began his career as a visual artist at the age of 17, working independently. In 2018, he held for the first time an exhibition of paintings entitled “African Faces”. The illustrations for O Abecedário que se pretend de mute mark the debut of his work as an illustrator of a work for children in Brazil and Mozambique.
Instagram: @linotivane258
THE ALPHABET THAT PRETENDS TO BE A MAMMAL
Ernesto Moamba
Illustrations by Lino Tivane
ISBN 978-65-89331-75-9
R$ 40.00
32 p.
ABOUT IBIS LIBRIS EDITORA
Ibis Libris is a publisher of first books of prose and poetry, fiction and non-fiction, for children, young people and culture in general. It was founded on August 18, 2000 and today has more than 600 titles published, mostly fiction. Its founder, Thereza Christina Rocque da Motta, is a poet, editor and translator. He published Joio & Trigo, his first book of poetry, in 1982. He has published 25 books, including Capitu (2014), Breve Annunciation (2013) and As Liras de Marília (2013). ). He is a member of the Pen Clube do Brasil and the Brazilian Academy of Poetry. He founded Ibis Libris in 2000 and created the label Bisbilibisbalabás in 2002. “Sheherazade” is his first book of short stories. In 2021, he created the Maat seal for women only. This year, it celebrates the 22nd anniversary of Ibis Libris Editora.
According to Thereza Rocque da Motta, “Ibis Libris was created to give voice to authors who wish to turn their dreams into books and, in doing so, to share with them their dreams, like mine, of having the book theirs and, later, a publisher for it. I turn dreams into reality. Today I am proud to be able to present all this 22-year effort to prove that the strength of women is and will always be present.”
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