As Panteras Em Nome Do Pai E Da Filha May 2026
“I am not continuing his fight,” she says carefully. “I am translating it. He spoke the language of the bullet. I speak the language of the ballot and the brief. Same war, different weapon.” The movement’s quiet power lies in its rejection of two extremes: total pacifism (which ignores history) and machismo (which repeats it).
“My father gave me his name, but I give it new meaning,” says , 41, a photographer documenting the movement. “He believed in armed resistance. I believe in armed existence . Showing up. Being visible. That is the revolution now.” as panteras em nome do pai e da filha
They don’t carry guns. They carry books, cameras, and legal briefs. Meet the young women redefining Black militancy through legacy and love. By [Author Name] “I am not continuing his fight,” she says carefully
Mônica’s latest exhibition, “Panteras de Saia” (Panthers in Skirts), features portraits of daughters posing with their fathers’ old clothes—leather jackets, dashikis, worn-out boots. In each photo, the daughter holds a symbol of her own fight: a law degree, a stethoscope, a ballot box. I speak the language of the ballot and the brief
Today, Carolina is a doctoral candidate in political philosophy at USP. Her dissertation? “Afrofuturism and the Daughter’s Gaze.”
Lúcia runs a program called Panterinhas (Little Panthers)—an after-school collective where girls aged 8 to 14 learn coding, constitutional rights, and self-defense. On the wall: a photo of her late father, who was killed by military police in 1999. Next to it, a drawing by her nine-year-old daughter: a panther wearing glasses, reading a book.