African literatures in Portuguese language in the classroom for a postcolonial education

• Autor(a) principal: Moura, Adriano Carlos
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Vértices (Campos dos Goitacazes. Online)
• DOI: 10.19180/1809-2667.v24n12022p104-116
• Texto Completo: https://editoraessentia.iff.edu.br/index.php/vertices/article/view/16311
• topic: Education; African Literatures; Postcolonialism; Educación; Literaturas africanas; Poscolonialismo; Educação; Literaturas Africanas; Pós-colonialismo

Although Law 10.639/03 makes the teaching of African and Afro-Brazilian History and Culture mandatory through the contents of the areas of History, Artistic Education and Literature in public and private institutions of Basic Education, students arrive at undergraduation courses not knowing the art, the history and literature of Africa, which means non-compliance with the aforementioned Law. One of the hypotheses for the problem is the fact that Brazilian education is still shaped by values ​​inherited from the colonialist mentality, which tends to erase the role of Africans in construction of the nation. Therefore, this article proposes a reflection on the role of Portuguese-speaking African literature in the construction of a postcolonial mentality, a concept that theoretically and methodologically guides the research from which the study results, and the novel as a genre capable of providing access to the culture and history of Africa. It is a bibliographical and field research based on the work of postcolonial critics.