An African jewel, the black pearl from Guinea. This is how Maimouna Diallo, the protagonist of the biography signed by psychologist Andrea Silveira, can be considered. The book is about the life trajectory of a woman who faced the adversities of her time and her culture to overcome two great enemies: prejudice and the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS.

The book is an invitation for other women to become protagonists of their stories and to change our society. The narrative is simple, objective, and unforgiving, it invites us to reflect on our role before the reality of people living with HIV/AIDS in Africa and elsewhere.

If the reality portrayed in this book seems distant from the context of other countries, a closer look will show many common points about the role of women in the world.

Read, reflect, share with your contacts. Make a difference in the lives of people whose trajectory is similar.

Andrea Silveira is a trained psychologist, with a master's degree in Psychology and a doctorate in Social Psychology in Brazil. She carries out projects focused on health and citizenship, with an emphasis on public policies and community health, developing psychosocial research and intervention in partnership with national and international NGOs. Author of the blog “Ascendendo a Luz” (Ascending the Light) and of the books "Wontanara: are we together?" and "Socially engaged: reflecting on psychosocial intervention." She worked directly with Maimouna Diallo on the HIV/AIDS project in Conakry, being inspired to write her biography "Guinea Fagni: the trajectory of an African woman (the story of all of us). "