Exploring Voinha's Life: A Journey from Forced Marriage to Feminist Empowerment
By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 18 January 2024 Voinha, who was approaching the age of one hundred, interviewed by her grandchild Iury Salustiano Trojaborg. Image from a videotaped interview. Photo: Ulrik Trojaborg Nair Ferreira Barbosa da Costa, kindly called Voinha in the family, was married off at 14. She gave birth to thirteen children, had to le