Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures University of Pittsburgh

FF O R U M W I T H O R U M W I T H WW A Y U U A Y U U WW R I T E R SR I T E R S Wednesday, November 16

3:00PM Rm 1228 Cathedral

Readings by Wayuu Writers

Thursday, November 17 6:30 PM

Rm 139 Cathedral The Wayuu’s ancestral land is La Guajira peninsula on the northern tip of South America, where they constitute

the largest indigenous population in both Colombia and Venezuela. They participate with the Maya, the Mapuche, Aymara, Quechua and others, in the renaissance of Latin American Indigenous movements, and the

emergence of an Amerindian cosmopraxis that challenges Western paradigms and proposes an alternative modernity

Estercilia Simanca Pushaina

Born in 1975, in the indigenous territory of Caicemapa, La Guajira, Colombia. She is the author of Manifiesta no saber firmar (Unable to sign his name), and Encierro de una doncella (Reclusion of a maiden), and other stories that have won national and international prices. She has participated in international events in Venezuela and Canada. She is a lawyer and clothes designer.

José Ángel Fernández Silva Wuliana

Born in 1961, in La Laguna del Pájaro, Venezuela. He is the author of Iitakaa (Ithaca,1993), Ñüñüiki Ka’ikai (Language of the Sun, 2006), and Jayeechiirua je kasa Sujutumaajatüirua tü Eiikaa Mma (Offerings to Mother Earth, 2007). He has received various awards and has participated extensively in international events. He is a sociologist. Works with the cultural ministry of the state of Zulia, Venezuela.

Miguel Ángel López (Vito Apüshana)

Born in 1965, in Carraipía, La Guajira, Colombia. He is the author of Contrabandeo sueños con arijunas cercanos (I smuggle dreams with close Westerners, 1996), Encuentros en los senderos de Abya-Yala (Encounters on the Paths of America, Casa de las Américas Price in Havana, 2000), and En las hondonadas maternas de la piel (Beneath the Maternal Skin, 2010). He is a political and cultural activist in Riohacha, La Guajira, Colombia.