Ohio State University. Center for Latin American Studies
Abstract
In
this
article,
we
present
and
reflect
upon
Projeto
Yabas,
a
collaborative
community-based
project
that,
through
hip
hop,
seeks
to
facilitate
young
women’s
conceptualization
of
themselves
as
Black
women
and
to
recognize
and
combat
racial
and
sexual
domestic
violence
in
Recife,
Brazil.
We
explore
how
Black
feminist
theory
can
be
used
by
Black
women
activists
in
the
hip
hop
movement
in
Recife
to
engage
in
empowering
forms
of
self-making
that
are
crucial
for
their
development
as
active
political
subjects.
Reflecting
on
the
experiences
of
Projeto
Yabas
highlights
the
need
to
critically
examine
certain
aspects
of
the
hip
hop
movement’s
political
activism
and
organization,
namely,
the
participation
of
women
within
the
movement
and
the
possibilities
of
Black
feminist
thought
