Narratives of resistance: Luandino Vieira at Tarrafal and literary tourism

Baleiro, Rita

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Baleiro, Rita

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This chapter examines Luandino Vieira’s writings in the confines of Tarrafal prison, an incarceration site created by Salazar’s authoritarian regime in 1936. Situated on the remote shores of Cape Verde, Tarrafal is a testament to the enduring echoes of oppression and resilience of those who opposed Portuguese rule in Africa and advocated for the independence of colonies such as Cape Verde, Angola and Mozambique. Throughout his incarceration in Tarrafal, between 1964 and 1972, the Portuguese Angolan writer and political activist produced over a thousand texts, later assembled in Prison Papers: Notes, Journal, Correspondence (2015). After interpreting Luandino Vieira’s texts, focusing on the layers of the act of writing as resilience, survival, and political engagement, this chapter navigates the interplay between this narrative of resistance and a site of cultural memory: the Tarrafal Museum. The aim is to offer insights into the transformative and enhancing role of literature in the experience of this site, contribute to the research of literary tourism in Cape Verde and add to the study of literary tourism on the African continent, which is still scarce.