This week, for our history class we had to read a book in Spanish called “Si me permiten hablar…” by Domitila Chúngara and then work on it. The reason I am talking about it here is that the book has a lot more to me, for the morality of the book that tells how the Bolivian people (miners, farmers, etc) during the years 50 to 80, managed to unite and fight against the big injustices, the governments that were not at all in their favor or capitalism.


The story is told through the testimony of Domitila who lived through this period, she tells the story of the people in general but also of her personal history because she is one of the most influential women during this period.


This story touched me enormously because during the testimony we learn terrible facts like the fact that she lost several of her children but also one of her sisters but also that she was incarcerated and beaten several times for her ideas or to be able to defend her people.


In any case I recommend the book even though it is in Spanish and I don’t know if it has been translated into other languages.