From the Hood to the World: Mileny, SLAM SP 2024 Champion

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Da quebrada pro mundo! From the Hood to the World!
A column that amplifies the voices and narratives of the periphery by Alexandre Ribeiro.

Picture: Alexandre Machado


Mileny
Champion of SLAM SP 2024, delivering one of the best performance-poems I’ve ever witnessed.

Do you know what a euphemism is?

Mileny, SLAM SP 2024 champion, answers that question with one of the finest performance-poems I've ever seen.

On stage, she doesn’t just masterfully explain the definition—she uses every verse to expose the traps of words that disguise the truth.

Picture: Alexandre Machado

Watch the full poem below. Seriously, it’s art, a masterclass, and a wake-up call all rolled into one!

Mileny is an ancestral dream. The perfect blend of awareness, sass, and humor. As she herself proclaims: "It’s not a stray bullet; it’s homicide"; "If things are black, they’re damn good."

In her flow, society’s contradictions are stripped of euphemism and laid bare, with no filters or half-truths. And that’s our dream too.


I am Alexandre Ribeiro, an award-winning writer and founder of the school“Da Quebrada Pro Mundo”, a project that was born in the heart of the periphery but now reaches the world, always with the goal of amplifying our voices and narratives.

I also lead CUFA Germany, bringing a bit of the power of the Central Única das Favelas to the diaspora here in Europe.

My work is about resisting, inspiring, and expanding the horizons of people from the periphery who, like me, live between borders.


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Alexandre Ribeiro
Eu sou Alexandre Ribeiro, escritor premiado e fundador da escola “ Da Quebrada Pro Mundo ”, um projeto que nasceu no coração da periferia, mas que agora alcança o mundo, sempre com o objetivo de fortalecer nossas vozes e narrativas. Também estou à frente da CUFA Alemanha, trazendo um pouco do poder da Central Única das Favelas para a diáspora aqui na Europa. Meu trabalho é sobre resistir, inspirar e expandir os horizontes das pessoas da quebrada que, assim como eu, vivem entre fronteiras.
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Da Quebrada Pro Mundo: Mileny, campeã do SLAM SP 2024