Literatura afro-brasileira: uma análise afrocentrada no conto minha mãe é preta sim!

Abstract

This work aims to understand the representation of blacks in African-Brazilian children's stories, seeking to analyze how Afrocentricity can be perceived in narratives aimed at children. To this end, two categories of analysis were chosen: interest in psychological location and commitment to the new narrative of African history. Such categories are relevant to the objective of the study because they manage to account for the perception of how the narrative favors the development of Afrocentric views, thus allowing a dialogue between the past and the present. The chosen work was the book My mother is black, yes! by the writer Patrícia Santana (2008), this choice was made because it is a narrative with aspects that expand the sense of Afrocentricity, also bringing a pertinent discussion around racism. The work receives theoretical contributions from the Afrocentric approaches present in studies by Asante (2009); Fanon (2008); Nogueira (2010); Finch (2009). Methodologically, it is an exploratory and bibliographic investigation through a qualitative approach, considering Afro-Brazilian children's literature as an essential strategy for the consolidation of Afrocentric thinking. It is considered that the study of Afro-Brazilian literature is an important space for social resignification in that it helps to understand the social historical process of blacks in Brazil. This aspect is amplified when it comes to its uses in Early Childhood Education, presenting children with another historical view from the diaspora, thus reinforcing the bases for Afrocentric thinking. In this sense, an analysis of the work can point to the understanding of the use of this varied Afro-Brazilian children's literature in the discussion spaces of Afrocentric groups that use methods of social redefinition of blacks.