Paulo Mendes Pinto wrote a piece on rebuilding the historical memory of the african origin people in Portugal.
“Preta Fernanda” (Andresa do Nascimento, Cape Verdean – c.1859-c.1918) must be one of the few women of African origin who has the right to a place in the immense statuary of our capital. Few will know who she was, in which monument we can see her and why she is there. Likewise, the overwhelming majority of Lisbon residents who pass through Rua do Poço dos Negros do not know the reason for this name, nor does any power seem to have had the need to show it in public, with a clearly visible memorial that cancels the erasure of the street. memory and show citizens the way part of Lisbon's population, those of African origin, lived.