Manuela Dias’s New Book Resurrects the Erased Heroines of Brazil’s Independence

Brazil · Life & Culture Key Facts —The Book. “Heroínas da Independência” is a narrative poem by Bahian author and screenwriter Manuela Dias, published through her own imprint Editora Voante. —The Heroines. The work centres on three women central to the 1822–1823 War of Independence in Bahia: Maria Quitéria de Jesus, Maria Felipa de Oliveira,…