Rosa Maria Egipcíaca da Vera Cruz
Subtitle: a incrível trajetória de uma princesa negra entre a prostituição e a santidade
By: Heloisa Maranhão.
Publisher: Editora Rosa dos Tempos
Published: 1997
Place of publication: [Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]
Language: por
Number of pages: 238
Description: "Afro-Brazilian novel whose characters are African slaves in colonial Brazil. They speak together in Portuguese and in the language spoken in Benin, their birthplace. Author creates an atmosphere of transmutation between herself and Rosa Maria, the protagonist, a woman of noble origin sold as a slave before becoming an heiress to a fortune in gold. Novel portrays an intriguing side of colonial Brazil from the viewpoint of the senzala (slave headquarters) inhabitants"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.