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Place of Birth: Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
About Alzira Rufino
- Alzira Rufino (Santos, São Paulo, 6 July 1949) is a Brazilian feminist and activist associated with the Black Movement and the Black Women's Movement.
- She was born to a poor family and worked as a child.
- She won her first literary prize in her youth.
- At the age of 19, she began her studies in healthcare, graduating from nursing school.
- She is a leader in the Afro-Brazilian literature and cultural arts movement.
- In 1990, she founded Casa de Cultura da Mulher Negra (Black Women's House of Culture), the country's first black women's centre.
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