Where We Stand

By: Djamila Ribeiro, Padma Viswanathan (Translator), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Foreword by)

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Paperback | 4 November 2025 | Edition Number 1

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The instant bestseller from Djamila Ribeiro that sparked a major Black feminist movement in Brazil

"Part theory, part manifesto, part history. . . . [Where We Stand] has the makings of a truly modern feminist classic."—Literary Hub, "Most Anticipated Books of 2024"

In a society shaped by the legacies of enslavement, white supremacy, and sexism, who has the right to a voice? In this elegant essay, Djamila Ribeiro offers a compelling intervention into contemporary discussions of power and identity: the concept of "speaking place." A crucial component of conversations on race and gender in Brazil, speaking place is the idea that everyone has a social position in the world and that what we are able to say, and how it is received by others, depends on it. Ribeiro traces the history of Black feminist thought through several centuries, examining the ways that Black women have been silenced, ignored, and punished for speaking.

Building on feminist standpoint theory, and in conversation with the works of Sojourner Truth, bell hooks, Audre Lorde, and others, Ribeiro invites all of us to recognize where we stand, to imagine geographies different from those we've inherited, and to speak a more humane world into being.

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