Translators/EDITORIAL Team
DR. TANYA L. SAUNDERS
Dr. Tanya L. Saunders is a sociologist interested in the ways in which the African Diaspora throughout the Americas uses the arts as a tool for social change. They have a Master of Public Policy (MPP) with a focus on International Development Policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Michigan, Arbor. They have a Bachelors of Arts in Spanish and Public Policy from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, and is currently on the graduate faculty in the School of Education at the University of São Paulo in São Paulo, Brazil. As a 2011-2012 Fulbright scholar in Brazil, Dr. Saunders began work on their current project about Black Queer Artivism in Brazil. They are fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese, and is currently learning Yoruba. Dr. Saunders is the founder and editor-in-chief of Améfrica Press. Their book Cuban Underground Hip Hop: Black Thoughts, Black Revolution, Black Modernity (University of Texas Press, 2015), has also been translated and published in Portuguese as Modernidade negra: Hip Hop, artivismo e mudança social em Havana (Editus 2021).
Bruna Barros is a translator, filmmaker and writer. Associate Researcher of the Research Group Traduzindo no Atlântico Negro [Translating in the Black Atlantic] (UFBA), they hold a degree in English from Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). As a filmmaker, they wrote and directed the short film "Amor de Ori" (2017) and co-wrote and co-directed the short documentary "à beira do planeta mainha soprou a gente" (2020).