Who We Are

We are a collective journey woven in mutual support and co-responsibility, which vindicates Black solidarity as the root and horizon of our action.

Malunga in the world

We navigate different territories to fight against anti-black racism.

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Those of us who row together towards global justice

Integrantes de Malunga

Juntos somo quienes remamos hacia la justicia global

República Dominicana

Telling Our Tales

Johanna Agustín Federico

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Johanna Agustín Federico

Born in a batey in Monte Plata. Accountant, poet, and anti-racist feminist. She coordinates the Colectivo Mujeres Socio Políticas and has over 15 years of community work experience with young people. Her political and feminist education stems from her experience as a Black woman, with studies at GLEFAS, FLACSO, UASD, and other critical spaces.

Brasil

Making It Possible

Juliana Morais De Goes

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Juliana Morais De Goes

PhD in Sociology from UMass Amherst (2023). She researches Black movements and territories of life in Brazil. Master’s in Political Science (UFMG) and graduate of UnB, she works on issues of race, gender, urban sociology, and decoloniality. She is a professor at UMass and collaborates with Afro-Latin American social movements.

Colombia

Making It Possible

Lizeth Sinisterra Ossa

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Lizeth Sinisterra Ossa

Bachelor in History, Master in Social and Political Studies, and Specialist in Afro-Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Expert in the management of projects and programs aimed at strengthening leadership, community organizations, and their programmatic agendas in favor of education, territorial-environmental governance, and food sovereignty and security. Currently, she is the manager of Pacífico Task Force, Voces de la Equidad, and Diarios de Resistencia at the Center for Afrodiasporic Studies (CEAF) of Universidad Icesi.

Colombia

Liberating Knowledge

Mara Viveros Vigoya

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Mara Viveros Vigoya

Doctor of Anthropology (EHESS), Master in Latin American Studies (IHEAL), and economist (UNAL). Full Professor and co-founder of the School of Gender Studies at the National University of Colombia. She researches gender, sexuality, masculinities, racism, and intersectionality. Author of key works on feminism, race, and power in Latin America.

Puerto Rico

Making It Possible

Maricruz Rivera Clemente

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Maricruz Rivera Clemente

Founder of COPI, activist for the environmental and cultural rights of Piñones and Loíza. Doctorate in Social Work (UPR) and former Director of Citizen Services at La Fortaleza (2013–2015). She has worked in communities, regional forums, and on issues of inequality, racism, and resistance in the Caribbean.

Guatemala

Achieving Change

Mario Ellington

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Mario Ellington

Born in Livingston, he is a lawyer, notary, and Afro-descendant activist from Guatemala, graduated from the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC) – Garífuna. He works as a consultant on issues related to the rights of indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples. He is a member of the Guatemalan Black Organization.

Puerto Rico

Telling Our Tales

Mayra Santos Febres

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Mayra Santos Febres

Writer, essayist, and university professor. Author of award-winning collections of poems, short stories, and novels such as Sirena Selena. Finalist for the Rómulo Gallegos Prize and the Planeta-Casa de América Prize. She currently directs the Narrative Workshop at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.

México

Liberating Knowledge

Mónica Moreno Figueroa

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Mónica Moreno Figueroa

Professor of Sociology at Cambridge. She researches race, racism, anti-racism, and intersectionality in Latin America. She has led projects in Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador, and Colombia. She is developing a new research institute on Global Race, Racism, and Anti-racism.

República Dominicana

Telling Our Tales

Ochy Curiel Pichardo

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Ochy Curiel Pichardo

Dominican feminist activist and theorist, she is an anthropologist, singer-songwriter, and holds a doctorate in Social Anthropology. Professor at UNAL and Javeriana, founder of GLEFAS, and a voice of autonomous, lesbian, and anti-racist feminism. She has published extensively on race, gender, and sexuality. Author of The Heterosexual Nation and part of the batucada La Tremenda Revoltosa.

Brasil

Coordenador da Linha Contar-Nos

Osmundo Pinho

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Osmundo Pinho

Social anthropologist with a PhD in Social Sciences from UNICAMP in Brazil. Professor at the Federal Universities of Recôncavo da Bahia and Pernambuco. He researches race, gender, and sexuality. Author of Cativeiro: Antinegritude e Ancestralidade and co-editor of Antinegritude: O Impossível Black guy na Formação Social Brasileira. He was a visiting professor at UT Austin and a fellow at Tulane.

Barbados

Liberating Knowledge

Rinaldo Walcott

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Rinaldo Walcott

Born in Barbados. Academic and writer at SUNY-Buffalo, where he directs African and American Studies. He has taught in Toronto and York. His work intersects Black studies, queer theory, and social justice. He was the holder of the Canada Research Chair in Social Justice.

Colombia

Liberating Knowledge

Roberto Almanza Hernández

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Roberto Almanza Hernández

Afro-Caribbean anthropologist, pan-Africanist, and professor at the University of Magdalena. Doctor in Latin American Studies (UNAM). He researches Afro-Caribbean philosophies, anti-racism, and decoloniality. He won the 2023 Casa de las Américas Prize and promotes critical thinking from the Caribbean.

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Who We Are

Malunga in the world

Click on each Flag to Meet the People who Make up the Network in the Different Countries where We are Present.

Members of Malunga in

Integrantes de Malunga

Johanna Agustín Federico

Johanna Agustín Federico

Juliana Morais De Goes

Juliana Morais De Goes

Lizeth Sinisterra Ossa

Lizeth Sinisterra Ossa

Mara Viveros Vigoya

Mara Viveros Vigoya

Maricruz Rivera Clemente

Maricruz Rivera Clemente

Mario Ellington

Mario Ellington

Mayra Santos Febres

Mayra Santos Febres

Mónica Moreno Figueroa

Mónica Moreno Figueroa

Ochy Curiel Pichardo

Ochy Curiel Pichardo

Osmundo Pinho

Osmundo Pinho

Rinaldo Walcott

Rinaldo Walcott

Roberto Almanza Hernández

Roberto Almanza Hernández

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