Susana Andrade

Susana Andrade
Susana Andrade in 2018
Deputy of the Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office
2015
Personal details
Born
Susana Andrade

(1963-02-09) 9 February 1963 (age 61)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Political partyBroad Front
SpouseJulio Kronberg
ChildrenGermán, Naomi
Alma materUniversity of the Republic
OccupationProcurator, columnist, journalist, politician
Websitewww.maesusana.com
NicknameMae Susana de Oxum

Susana Andrade (born 9 February 1963) is a Uruguayan procurator, journalist, columnist, Umbanda religious figure, and politician.

Biography

Susana Andrade was born in Montevideo and has eight siblings. She studied at the Faculty of Law [es] of the University of the Republic. She has been a columnist for the newspaper La República since 2004.[1] She belongs to Broad Front Space List 711.[2][3]

Andrade has been known as Mae Susana de Oxum in the Umbanda religion since 1991.[4] She is the first Afro-Umbandan to hold the office of Deputy of the Republic. She is the founder of the Atabaque Group.[5][6]

In 2008 she participated in the project Dueños de la encrucijada, analyzing Afro-Brazilian religious rites.[7]

In 2015, she presented her book Mima Kumba, which deals with the "difficulties of social insertion of an Afro-Brazilian and Afro-descendant religious social militant woman." The author aggregated verses, thoughts, and her own writings.[8]

She married Julio Kronberg, with whom she has two children, Germán and Naomi Kronberg Andrade.[6]

Books

  • 2008, Dueños de la Encrucijada (collaborator)
  • 2009, Entre la religión y la política[6]
  • 2015, Mima Kumba y otros encantos negros[8]
  • 2018, Resiliencia Africana

References

  1. ^ Caetano, Gerardo (6 February 2014). El Uruguay Laico (in Spanish). Uruguay: Penguin Random House. ISBN 9789974957121. Retrieved 26 December 2017 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Andrade satisfecha por imputación de quien la llamó 'bruja asesina'" [Andrade Satisfied by Accusation of Those Who Called Her 'Murderous Witch'] (in Spanish). Uruguay: El Espectador. EFE. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Susana Andrade" (in Spanish). Uruguay: Broad Front Space List 711. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  4. ^ Gonçalves da Silva, Vagner (2007). Intolerância religiosa (in Portuguese). EdUSP. p. 76. ISBN 9788531410222. Retrieved 26 December 2017 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "IFA del Uruguay: La primera federación afroumbandista con personería juridíca" [IFA Uruguay: The First Afro-Umbandan Federation With Legal Personhood]. Periódico (in Spanish). Atabaque. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  6. ^ a b c LaRed21 (28 September 2009). "La aventura de Susana Andrade" [Susana Andrade's Adventure] (in Spanish). Uruguay. Retrieved 27 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Clarín Revista Enie (11 April 2008). "El arte contemporáneo y la antropología posan sus ojos en las creencias afrobrasileñas" [Contemporary Art and Anthropology Turn Their Eyes to Afro-Brazilian Beliefs] (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2017. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  8. ^ a b LaRed21 (20 February 2016). "Susana Andrade presenta 'Mima Kumba y otros encantos negros' en Casa Afro" (in Spanish). Uruguay. Retrieved 27 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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