O afrofuturismo em "raízes do amanhã" : histórias sobre a memória negra silenciada.

Abstract

In this research, I aim to develop a proposal, through the prism of Afrofuturism, that seeks to think about how literary fiction narratives arise as a political space to (re) consider the black experience of the African diaspora in society and in which ways the reception of Afrofuturistic texts can articulate to promote a critic awareness alongside the student body of Basic Educational System, especially, the late Elementary Education. For this purpose, I address African-Brazilian Literature with support of the Literary Afrofuturism oriented towards students from 6th to 9th grades, considering it a method of deconstructing colonial-approach narratives. The aim is to promote African-descendent literary perspectives to develop reading skills, aligned with theoretical discussion about literature teaching by Annie Rouxe, Vincent Jouve, and Gerard Langlade. For that matter, I search for a backing of the Afrofuturist literary trend that brings together speculative fiction and black protagonism. Once that is, the concept designates an artistic production resulting from scientific fiction, racial perspectives, and black protagonism. Conceiving the possibility of doing a reading that leads to a "return to itself" according to Jouve, I embrace an analytical methodology of the book Raízes do amanhã: 8 contos afro-futurist (2021), organized by Waldson Souza, written by black Brazilian authors. Individually and/or collectively, these short stories are significant to think about how Afrofuturism externalizes itself in Brazilian Literature, as an artistic movement that (re)builds an idea of an ancestral future. It relates to aspects going beyond works and about a shared experience that transcends the linearity of time. I believe that provoking reflexive discussions about antiracist education themes, like ancestry, cosmovision, Afrofuturism, and blackness, among others, is one of the possibilities to rethink the past and project future to the black population that during long times they have suffered stigmas as a result of imposed colonialism. Thus, my purpose is to evince the construction of new ideas about the black population, including the historical and political context of racism in Brazil. It is exquisite to align it to the curricular guidelines of the Educational Ministry and the racial equality policies. Besides, it contributes to combat the discrimination against black people.