CULTIVAR NOSSAS HISTÓRIAS: PLANTA ORAÇÃO DE CALILA DAS MERCÊS COMO ADUBO PARA AFIRMAÇÃO DE MEU PERTENCIMENTO ENQUANTO MULHER-NEGRA

Abstract

This account of a reading experience arises from a restless body-soul based on ancestry and strong roots. In Planta Oração (2022), author Calila das Mercês invites us to delve into our family memories and the possibilities of discovering pleasure. It's a book of short stories that should be read very slowly and, for the purposes of this research, I read the work appreciating every detail, from the commonplace words and expressions that are also present in my everyday life in the countryside (and which immediately bring back my ancestral memories), to the broader dimension of the author's language, which transcends our singular experiences towards the representation of a collective experience. Therefore, in this monograph I intend to show the experience of reading one of the short stories in the book, entitled "Limoeiro", as a possibility of meeting black intellectuals, in view of memories, violence, pain, writings rooted in the depths of the soul, as well as reflections and experiences as a bachelor in psychopedagogy and a teacher working in the public school system. To this end, we will rely mainly on KABENGELE (1996) and EVARISTO (2020) as theoretical references.