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born in 1982 in Bah\u00eda Solano, Colombia, is a writer, journalist, festival director, and specialist in social management. She studied Afro-Latin American Studies and holds a Master\u2019s degree in Reading Education and Children\u2019s Literature. Vidal is the founder and director of the Motete Educational and Cultural Corporation and the Choc\u00f3 Reading and Writing Festival [FLECHO]. For her autobiographical, correspondence-based work \u00bbTidal Waters\u00ab [tr. Annie McDermott], she was awarded the Afro-Colombian Authors Publication Grant, presented by the Colombian Ministry of Culture. She lives in Medell\u00edn, Colombia. <\/p>\n\n

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