Dialogando afrofuturismo em sala de aula com Lu Ain-zaila

Abstract

In this paper we propose to discuss the presence of African and Afro-Brazilian contents in the classroom. In order to do so, we aim to analyze the representation of the black figure in schoolbooks of Tocantins school context in order to verify the implementation of Law 10.639/2003 and, observing the gaps in its application, present the proposal to work in the classroom of the two short stories “Era Afrofuturista” and “Admissão” from the book Sankofia: breves histórias sobre afrofuturismo (LU AIN-ZAILA, 2018) by the author Lu Ain-Zaila. Our hypothesis is that the Afrofuturist perspective allows the valorization of black cultures of African matrix, and the legitimation of black aesthetics, and the recognition of cultural complexity silenced by the processes of colonization and enslavement. From the verification of the contrasts between the contents of schoolbooks and Afrofuturist literature, the work attempts to find paths for discuss and transform classroom practices.