Yeda Pessoa de Castro

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Yeda Pessoa de Castro is a Brazilian ethnolinguist. With a PhD in African Languages at the National University of Zaire, she is a Technical Consultant in African Languages for the Museu da Língua Portuguesa at the Estação da Luz [http://www.museulinguaportuguesa.org.br/museudalinguaportuguesa/index.html] in São Paulo, a Member of the Academia de Letras da Bahia [http://www.academiadeletrasdabahia.org.br/] and of the ANPOLL's ''GT de Literatura Oral e Popular''. Also is a Permanent Member of the Brazilian Scientific Committee of the Project "Slave Route" by UNESCO [http://www.cnum-unesco.org.mz/escravos.htm]. Provided by Wikipedia