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Guido Melo is an Afro-Brazilian- Latinx writer.. [1] [2] and Post Graduate Research Candidate at Victoria University [3] in Naarm (Melbourne).
Melo was born Salvador da Bahia but moved early in life to Rio de Janeiro. [4] Her mother [1] is an Afro Brazilian and Brazilian Indigenous heritage and his father [2] an Brazilian Air Force Meteorologist African descent.
Melo is currently is working as a Digital Educational Designer at the Hamilton Centre, he is also the Vice President of the African Studies Group at University of Melbourne [5]. He holds positions as a board member of both the Incubate Foundation [6] and the City of Yarra Business Advisory Group. He is one of the founders of Melko Boutique [7] [8]
He is a Multilingual author. [9], and his words can be found in Australia in Overland Magazine [10] , Meanjin Quarterly [11], Kill Your Darlings [12], Peril Magazine, Colournary Magazine, ABC [13] [14], Mantissa Poetry, Ascension Magazine, SBS Voices, SBS Portuguese [15], [16] Cordite Poetry Review and Voz Limpia Poesia. In Africa, he writes for Africa is a Country Magazine [17]. In Brazil, he writes, in Portuguese, for Alma Preta Jornalismo, Guia Negro News [18]and is a columnist for Negre News [9]
Melo was a member of the Sweatshop Literacy Movement(2020-2023) [19]and a contributor to books such as Growing Up African in Australia [4] ( Black Inc., 2019), Racism: Stories on Fear, Hate & Bigotry [20] (Sweatshop, 2021), Resilience: A celebration of poetry, fiction, and essays [21] from Mascara Literary Review (Ultimo Press, 2022), The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic [22]( Routledge, 2022) and the Handbook of Critical Whiteness | Deconstructing Dominant Discourses Across Disciplines [23] ( Springer, 2023). In 2023 Melo was the curator of the First African and African Diaspora Literary Day Festival in Australia. [24]
Melo migrated to Australia from Brazil in 2003 [2]. [21] He has said: "Moving to Australia changed my destiny" [2] A few years after his arrival in Australia, his brother and his sister joined him and today also live in Victoria. "Now there are eight of my family members living in ...Australia." Melo was one of the business proprietors recipients of the 10-plus years Melbourne's Lord Mayor's Commendations [25] in 2019.
He loves Vegemite. [26]
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Guido Melo is an Afro-Brazilian- Latinx writer.. [1] [2] and Post Graduate Research Candidate at Victoria University [3] in Naarm (Melbourne).
Melo was born Salvador da Bahia but moved early in life to Rio de Janeiro. [4] Her mother [1] is an Afro Brazilian and Brazilian Indigenous heritage and his father [2] an Brazilian Air Force Meteorologist African descent.
Melo is currently is working as a Digital Educational Designer at the Hamilton Centre, he is also the Vice President of the African Studies Group at University of Melbourne [5]. He holds positions as a board member of both the Incubate Foundation [6] and the City of Yarra Business Advisory Group. He is one of the founders of Melko Boutique [7] [8]
He is a Multilingual author. [9], and his words can be found in Australia in Overland Magazine [10] , Meanjin Quarterly [11], Kill Your Darlings [12], Peril Magazine, Colournary Magazine, ABC [13] [14], Mantissa Poetry, Ascension Magazine, SBS Voices, SBS Portuguese [15], [16] Cordite Poetry Review and Voz Limpia Poesia. In Africa, he writes for Africa is a Country Magazine [17]. In Brazil, he writes, in Portuguese, for Alma Preta Jornalismo, Guia Negro News [18]and is a columnist for Negre News [9]
Melo was a member of the Sweatshop Literacy Movement(2020-2023) [19]and a contributor to books such as Growing Up African in Australia [4] ( Black Inc., 2019), Racism: Stories on Fear, Hate & Bigotry [20] (Sweatshop, 2021), Resilience: A celebration of poetry, fiction, and essays [21] from Mascara Literary Review (Ultimo Press, 2022), The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic [22]( Routledge, 2022) and the Handbook of Critical Whiteness | Deconstructing Dominant Discourses Across Disciplines [23] ( Springer, 2023). In 2023 Melo was the curator of the First African and African Diaspora Literary Day Festival in Australia. [24]
Melo migrated to Australia from Brazil in 2003 [2]. [21] He has said: "Moving to Australia changed my destiny" [2] A few years after his arrival in Australia, his brother and his sister joined him and today also live in Victoria. "Now there are eight of my family members living in ...Australia." Melo was one of the business proprietors recipients of the 10-plus years Melbourne's Lord Mayor's Commendations [25] in 2019.
He loves Vegemite. [26]
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