Luiza Prado
Artist, researcher: Reproductive & environmental justice.
She/they
Lands
Brazil (colonised territory)
The Peacock Flower
Luiza mentions this plant in their talk. The Peacock Flower has been used in Indigenous healing practices long before the invasion. However, this plant also becomes a tool to resist the system of colonisation. Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island and Abya Yala and the African continent used this plant to perform abortions to avoid their children being born into slavery and to starve the cannibalistic appetite of colonisation.
The Recipe:
EIJÃO CON LEITE DE COCO
LP: I think a recipe is my thing. Yeah, I work so much for food, too. That's such an important part from our practice. I am going to share a recipe for “coconut beans”
Coconut milk
Brown beans
Onion
Tomatoes
Salt