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Pamina Sebastião

Pamina Sebastião
Born (1988-01-31) January 31, 1988 (age 38)
Luanda, Angola
Other namePaula Sebastião
EducationMaster's degree (International Law and Relations)
OccupationsArtist, activist, lawyer
AwardsPrince Claus Award

Pamina Sebastião, also called Paula Sebastião, (born in Luanda, January 31, 1988) is a non-binary person from Angola who is dedicated to multidisciplinary visual artivism. Their award-winning work involves writing, audiovisual pieces, photography, and collages from a decolonial and socio-imaginative perspective.[1][2] Along with being an artist, Sebastião also has a legal background and a master's degree in International Law and Relations.[3]

Biography

Sebastião has a legal background; they earned a master's degree in International Law and Relations from the University of Lisbon in Portugal.[4] They had various shift work jobs before they decided to restructure their career to prioritize life over work.[5]

Social movement

They cofounded the LGBTQI feminist collective Archive of Angolan Identity (Arquivo de Identidade Angolano in Portuguese, abbreviated as AIA).[6][7] Along with Jaliya The Bird, they cofounded WikiLuanda, a collective of Wikipedia editors.[8] Sebastião was part of the feminist collective Ondjango [es] and project LINKAGES Angola.[2] She participated in the seventh episode of GALA Queer Archive's project Archives of the Intimate.[9]

Artistic research

Their research contributes to collective reflections about colonial trauma and the way decolonization can be a path to not only dismantle the body as a site of inscription, but also to propose new places of care. It explores the construction an imaginary in which forms of existence other than corporeal are possible.[10][11][12] Their work also serves as an artistic avenue for exploring queer experiences.[4]

In 2022, along with Jamil Parasol, they founded the Break Center in the bar Chicala II in Luanda. Break is a free art center where they host workshops and form new generations of artists with a social perspective.[13]

Awards

They received an award from the Prince Claus Fund for their work on matters of racial justice, gender equality, and queer expression within the disciplines of artistic research, performance, and visual arts.[1]

Personal life

Sebastião uses they and them pronouns. She strongly enjoys literature. When asked in an interview what she would save from a hypothetical house fire if she could choose one thing, she responded, "I would take books. I would take, All About Love by Bell Hooks. [Also] Contrasexual Manifesto by Paul B. Preciado."[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pamina Sebastião". Prince Claus Fund. Archived from the original on 2024-11-30. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
  2. ^ a b "Institituto". Institituto. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
  3. ^ "Artes - Pamina Sebastião: "Uso a arte como ferramenta do meu activismo"". RFI (in Portuguese). 2023-02-21. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
  4. ^ a b "Pamina Sebastião". www.miamimocaad.org. Retrieved 2026-06-04.
  5. ^ a b "Featured Fam: Pamina Sebastião" (PDF). gala.co.za. GALA Times. 2021. pp. 12–13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-11-30. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
  6. ^ "Quem Somos". Archivo de Identidade Angolano (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2024-03-20. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
  7. ^ Global, Red (2021-06-14). "Sueños y esperanzas del activismo queer en África". ARGmedios (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-06-01.
  8. ^ Joaquim, Elias (2023-02-13). "WikiLuanda, a reparação histórico-cultural na Wikipédia". BANTUMEN (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2024-03-20. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
  9. ^ "Archives of the Intimate". GALA. Archived from the original on 2026-03-23. Retrieved 2026-06-04.
  10. ^ Arndt, Lotte (2023-09-01). "Toxicity: Resisting Extraction through Collectivity at the 7th Lubumbashi Biennale". Afterall: A Journal of Art, Context and Enquiry. 55–56: 256–273. doi:10.1086/729145. ISSN 1465-4253.
  11. ^ Macheso, Wesley (2022-12-24). "Activism and Agency: Reflections on Emergent Queer Life Writing from Sub-Saharan Africa". Imbizo. 13 (2). doi:10.25159/2663-6565/11768. ISSN 2663-6565.
  12. ^ "Conversas sobre trauma colonial em Angola". revistacasacomum.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). December 14, 2023. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
  13. ^ Bayo, Enrique (2024-05-09). "El arte no se improvisa". Mundo Negro (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-06-01.

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