Margareth took over chair 26, which belonged to the singer Elza Soares, who died in January of that year Past. Guajajara now takes over Chair 16, created in honor of Paulo Paulino Guajajara, an indigenous leader who was assassinated in Maranhão in 2019.
Together with Juma Xipaia, MPI’s Minister of Articulation and Promotion of Indigenous Rights, they will be sworn in as the first indigenous people and occupy the ABC, founded in 2021.
Previously, we would not have thought that we could get higher education at an academy, at a university. And today we can already dream of indigenous people being deans, deans, professors. And that’s what we’re fighting for.
Sônia Guajajara, in her speech
In total, ABC has 55 members 13 were sworn in yesterday. Poet Viviane Mosé, playwright José Luiz Ribeiro, actresses Luana Xavier and Vanessa Giácomo and producer Antenor Neto also won seats.
This academy offers representation, a broader culture and becomes a symbol of the Brazilian people.
Margareth Menezes, in her speech
ABC was founded in 2021 as further support for the culture that had lost office during the government of Jair Bolsonaro (PL). Artists such as Ana Botafogo, Zeca Pagodinho, Fátima Bernardes, Christiane Torloni and Lilia Cabral are already members.