Márcia Wayna Kambeba, of the Indigenous Kambeba people of Brazil, is a poet, photographer, singer, and educator. She’s currently a PhD student in linguistics and the first Indigenous ombudsman of Belém, capital of Pará state in the Amazon. Author of five books including Ay Kakyri Tama: Eu Moro na Cidade, O Lugar do Saber, Saberes da Floresta, and Kumiça Jenó: Narrativas Poéticas dos Seres da Floresta.
Márcia Wayna Kambeba
Poem
Tururucari-Uka Village
Translated from the Portuguese by Tiffany Higgins When Euaracy awakens Her rays come to greet us Showing the day has begun And it’s time to work. The Kambeba people’s village Isn’t Continue reading