The writing of women as a space for the elaboration of collective traumas

an analysis of the works Baratas by Scholastique Mukasonga and Meio sol amarelo by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Abstract

The present article describes itself to analyze the literary writing of the works Meio Sol Amarelo (2008) in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Baratas (2018) in Scholastique Mukasonga, whereas the works provide the necessary therapeutic space so that the traumas from wars and genocides in their countries can be elaborated. Thus, the writing of the authors, in addition to rescuing the lost history of Rwanda and Nigeria allow the necessary elaboration so that the societies that were built in a system based on violence can overcome the repetition of violent acts, as Sigmund Freud points out in his work Repetir, recordar, elaborar (1914/1911-1913). In addition, we consider that the authors' writing portrays the voices of those who were doubly silenced, with regard to the silence imposed on their gender and ethnicity, which gives the works a double power and meaning.