Susana Andrade (born 9 February 1963) is a

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an procurator, journalist, columnist,

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religious figure, and politician.

Biography

Susana Andrade was born in

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and has eight siblings. She studied at the of the

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. She has been a columnist for the newspaper ''

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'' since 2004. She belongs to Broad Front Space List 711. Andrade has been known as Mae Susana de Oxum in the Umbanda religion since 1991. She is the first Afro-Umbandan to hold the office of Deputy of the Republic. She is the founder of the Atabaque Group. In 2008 she participated in the project ''Dueños de la encrucijada'', analyzing

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religious rites. In 2015, she presented her book ''Mima Kumba'', which deals with the "difficulties of social insertion of an Afro-Brazilian and Afro-descendant religious social militant woman." The author aggregated verses, thoughts, and her own writings. She married Julio Kronberg, with whom she has two children, Germán and Naomi Kronberg Andrade.

Books

* 2008, ''Dueños de la Encrucijada'' (collaborator) * 2009, ''Entre la religión y la política'' * 2015, ''Mima Kumba y otros encantos negros'' * 2018, ''Resiliencia Africana''

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