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Anastácia Diptych
In Brazil, the many historicizing myths of the enslaved Black woman Anastácia have cast her as saint, martyr, rebel, and heroine. From community shrines to artist Yhuri Cruz's 2019 installation Monument to the Voice of Anastácia, the commemoration of Anastácia takes various forms, appealing to specific political, social, and cultural movements.
Though the stories associated with Anastácia have transformed, shifted, and even contradicted each other, her memory remains an important symbol of resistance.