Wet nurses

Within the ATAVOS project the images of the wet nurses, who left their own babies aside to nurse their lords’ offprings, called my attention to the roll of women in the slavery society in a strong manner. So that the slave could be transformed into the black mother of the white child, their choice of becoming mothers themselves was denied. Also, at that time, the white mothers didn’t breastfeed their own white babies. Memories, myths and history have laid new paths for reflection in my life and in the lives of these women through this work, giving the opportunity for this issue that touch us all so much to be furthered and deepened.