Glicéria Tupinambá

(this page was last updated in May 2022)

Buerarema, Bahia, 1982
Lives and works in Buerarema, Bahia

PIPA Prize 2022 nominee

Glicéria, better known as Célia Tupinambá, is from the Serra do Padeiro village, located in the Tupinambá de Olivença Indigenous Land, in the south of the state of Bahia, in Northeast Brazil. She is 39 years old and participates intensely in the political and religious life of the Tupinambá, getting involved, above all, in issues related to education, the productive organization of the village, social services and women’s rights.

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