Ancestral memories and African philosophies forging paths to an Afro-referenced education

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https://doi.org/10.5212/PraxEduc.v.17.19478.011

Abstract

This essay is more than anything an invitation, a message that comes from our grounds of belonging, from our experiences in the search to learn to read the world beyond what the paper skins (books) tell us. Forging other ways of learning / teaching, of building an Afro-referenced education mediated by African philosophies that are woven by traditions, values ​​and cultures preserved and transmitted by ancestral memories embroidered on our bodies, in daily practices of solidarity, care, respect for nature, our sensibilities, to ancestry. It is an invitation to sensitive listening, to learn by listening to elderly people who present us with other tools for building an education for harmonic, plural and integrative ethnic racial relations.

Keywords: Seniority. Afro-referenced methodologies. Education for Ethnic-Racial Relations (ERER).

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  • Adilbênia Freire Machado, Universidade Federal do Ceará / Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadoras/es Negras/os (ABPN)

    Coordenadora do Eixo Filosofia Africana e Afro-Diaspórica da Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores Negr@s (ABPN). Doutora em Educação (UFC); Mestra em Educação (UFBA).

  • Lorena Silva Oliveira, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

    Doutoranda em Filosofia – PPGF/UFRJ. Pesquisadora Associada ao Núcleo de Estudos Afro-brasileiros – NEAB/UFU. Bolsista do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPQ).

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Published

2022-01-10

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Vol. 17 (2022): Dossiê: Relações étnico-raciais: práticas e reflexões pedagógicas em contextos, espaços e tempos

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Dossiê: Relações étnico-raciais: práticas e reflexões pedagógicas

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Ancestral memories and African philosophies forging paths to an Afro-referenced education. Práxis Educativa, [S. l.], v. 17, p. 1–15, 2022. DOI: 10.5212/PraxEduc.v.17.19478.011. Disponível em: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/praxiseducativa/article/view/19478. Acesso em: 30 may. 2026.