Writing will be in the heart of the world!
The Madureira Viaduct becomes the crossroads of global thought with encounters that are real seeds to delight the world again!
In this year's edition, we dive into the concept of Conceição Evaristo Writing and bring essential voices to understand the effects of racism, decode technology, rethink our steps and claim our right to imagination, art and beauty with the power of memory, affection and word.
Check out FLUP 2025's panels and preformances below
Day 4: Saturday, November 21
The afternoon opened with Ananda Devi, Ghayath Almadhoun and Olinda Tupinambá, who discussed how writing becomes a shelter, memory and affirmation for those who experience displacement and land disputes.
Olivier Marboeuf and Itamar Vieira Junior reflected on the power of images: who produces them, who silences them, and how to build fairer representations.
In the dialogue between Michael Roch and Geni Núñez, creation appeared as a political tool; a way of imagining other realities from ancestral knowledge.
The ZN stage hosted the roundtable discussion "Decolonize the School", in which Ynaê Lopes dos Santos and Maria Antônia Goulart discussed historical erasures, anti-racist practices and ways to transform the school environment.
Liz Gomis and Conception Evaristo discussed how the Global South has produced new ways of thinking about the future. An invitation to dream to be guided by African, diasporic and community tastes.
We also had the participation of the Madureira Festival with presentations from the Meduriera Plays, Sings and Dances project and fromm the children's schools Filhos da Águia and Império do Futuro.
We also gathered voices of the Black Atlantic to intertwine poetry, rhythm and insurgence in one collective breath.
And, closing the program, the legendary Charme Baile took over the Viaduct for an exceptional performance.
Day 3: Friday, November 21
The afternoon opened with Denis Pourawa, Ryane Leão and Eliane Marques, crossing the Pacific and Atlantic to redraw imaginations for poetry.
Manthia Diawara and Anne Lafont then provoked us to rethink how we perceive the world, decolonizing the gaze from knowledge.
In the Square of Mothers, the Livraria Belle Époque brought an infectious lineup: Folia Mirim, A Brilhante de Belem, Carimbó dos Altos - a musical and theatrical group representing Amazonian culture and DJ Twizz connects Brooklyn and Lins with the best of hip hop, R&B, house, and soul music
Conceição Evaristo and Patrick Chamoiseau showed that from Glissant's legacy literature can still light paths when there seems to be no way out.
At the shows, Akiyo brought back an ancestral Caribbean, and Awure closed the night celebrating Afro-Brazilian rhythms.
Day 2: Thursday, November 20
Following up, Conceição Evaristo and Bonaventure Ndikung led us for an urgent reflection: how to reenchant the world in the midst of chaos?
In a conversation between Ana Maria Gonçalves and Fred Kuwornu discussed how memory is the fertile ground of possible futures.
At the ZN stage we had a table presented by Malê Editora with the launch of the book "Didia".
Michelle Alexander, in dialogue with Raull Santiago, denounced the continuity of the logics of racial incarceration and pointed out possibilities for fairer systems.
And closing the night, the Viaduct filled and shook with Mano Brown's show, bringing power, history, and voice of those who continue to shape music and the consciousness of the country.
Day 1: Wednesday November 19
In the opening of Flup, Mireille Fanon toasted us with this reflection that highlights the legacy of her father, Frantz Fanon, but that also calls attention to keep alive the word and theories developed by these thinkers, because only then do they stay alive.
This was one of the points discussed by Mireille, together with Conceição Evaristo and CBESA Director, Mame-Fatou Niang, during the table "The dream of our heroes, which we need to keep alive", directly from the Madureira Viaduct.