Na ponta da língua e na aula de história: as culturas centro-africanas na formação da língua portuguesa falada no Brasil

Abstract

In this dissertation we will present an unusual interpretation of African and Afro-Brazilian cultures. Our research had as main objective to show, from the bibliographic review of linguistic and historical studies, that the action of the Central-Western cultures of the African continent was a preponderant factor for the formation of the Portuguese language spoken in Brazil. We intend to demonstrate unequivocally the weight of Bantu cultures for our cultural and historical formation, thus moving away from the reductionist views that end up being associated with African and Afro-Brazilian cultures. Our aim is to propose a closer relationship between the fields of History and Linguistics. In addition to the academic debate between these different fields of knowledge, we are proposing a pratical intervention to be used in the context of the basic education classroom, during History classes. It is a didactic sequence built from the theoretical questions raised during the research, where we seek to build a positive view on the cultures originating in Africa, especially the Central Western ones.