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Aguas de estuario

By Velia Vidal
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Registro epistolar del movimiento de una mujer hacia la felicidad en la comunidad negra de la costa del Pacífico colombiana.


Velia Vidal vuelve a su hogar en Chocó, a la comunidad afro-colombiana, a su familia, al mar. Es aquí donde el Pacífico se encuentra con el Caribe, y donde ella se establece nuevamente. Aguas de estuario expone un lado de una correspondencia que se extiende durante años, documentando la vuelta al hogar, y su trabajo para construir un centro literario, una carrera en la escritura, y un festival con y para la gente del lugar. Pero es también una reivindicación de su apuesta por la felicidad; un registro de su inmersión en los pueblos, ríos y bosques que conforman sus raíces; una redefinición de su relación con el sexo y el amor en tiempo real; una perspectiva sobre cómo crear algo (para la comunidad, para una misma) es una forma de abrirse paso, a través de la lectura y la escritura, hacia un lugar conocido y una nueva identidad.

An epistolary, fictional account of one woman moving towards happiness in the black community of Colombia’s Pacific coast.

After a long absence, Vel has come home to Chocó – to the Afro-Colombian community, to her family, to the sea. This is where the Pacific meets the Caribbean, where she’s establishing herself anew. And the record she keeps is a series of letters to a friend, clarifying for herself where she stands, as she describes that homecoming to another. Vel works to build a literary centre, writing career, and festival with and for the people there. But her return to Chocó is also a claim-staking of her decision to pursue happiness now; an account of her immersion in the towns and rivers and forests she came from; and a redefinition of her relationship to sex and love in real time. And Tidal Waters is a vision of how creating something (for your community, for yourself) is a way of reading and writing your way into a known place and a new self.

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3.5
“(3.8) Es un libro que se lee rápido y qué conmueve, porque es honesto sin llegar a ser empalagoso. El ejercicio epistolar es interesante, pero siento que le faltó hondura sobre los temas, sí conocemos a Velia y los temas que afronta mientras decide emprender, pero tanto el ejercicio como las cosas personales que le suceden se quedan como... En la superficie. Sin embargo, me gustaría seguirla leyendo y ver cómo evoluciona su escritura.”

About Velia Vidal

Velia Vidal (Bahía Solano, Colombia, 1982) es escritora, amante del mar y de las lecturas compartidas. Becaria de Atelier Josepha, Ahrenshoop, Alemania, 2021. Primera ganadora de la beca de publicación de autoras afrocolombianas, del Ministerio de Cultura, con Aguas de estuario (Laguna Libros, 2020). Coautora de Oír somos río (2019) y su edición bilingüe alemán-español (Grindwal Kollektiv, 2021). Publicó el cuento infantil Bajo el yarumo , como parte del Maletín de relatos pacíficos (Instituto Caro y Cuervo-Fondo Acción, 2017). Fundadora y directora de la Corporación educativa y cultural Motete y la Fiesta de la lectura y la escritura del Chocó (FLECHO). Certificada en Estudios Afro-latinoamericanos. Máster en promoción de lectura y Literatura Infantil. Es especialista en Gerencia Social, además de Comunicadora social y periodista. 

Velia Vidal (Bahía Solano, Colombia, 1982) is a writer who loves the sea and shared readings. In 2021 she was a fellow at Villa Josepha Ahrenshoop, in Germany. For her book Tidal Waters she won the Afro-Colombian Authors Publication Grant awarded by Colombia’s Ministry of Culture. She is the co-author of Oír somos río (2019) and its bilingual German-Spanish edition. She is the founder and director of the Motete Educational and Cultural Corporation and the Chocó Reading and Writing Festival (FLECHO). Vidal graduated in Afro-Latin American Studies and has a Masters in Reading Education and Children’s Literature. She is also a journalist and specialist in social management and communication. In 2022 she was chosen by the BBC as one of the 100 most influential women in the world.

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