Mel Adún is a Brazilian writer, editor, and researcher. She was raised in Salvador, Bahia and holds a Master’s Degree in Literature and Culture from the Federal University of Bahia. Her thesis explored the concept of Black Literature in Brazil.  She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from UniJorge University, where she produced and directed the documentary Zamani - Mulheres que transformam/Zamani-Women Who Transform as her final project. Mel calls herself an Amefricana, thanks to the Brazilian scholar Lélia Gonzalez who forged the term; her research interests include the studies of the African Diaspora, gender, Latin America, and Black feminism in contemporary diasporic Black Literature.