“Tá amarrado! Isso é macumba.” : a África e sua história na visão dos alunos evangélicos e seus professores São Gonçalo 2023

Abstract

The dissertation aims to understand the response to the syllabus referring to the teaching of African History and Afro-Brazilian Culture by a portion of elementary school students from two state schools in the municipality of São Gonçalo-RJ, who identify themselves as evangelicals. The objective was accomplished through an ethnographic approach with a qualitative research perspective alongside participant observation, interviews with professors and students, focus groups, and questionnaires applied to professors and students constituted the techniques used. The research's synthesis indicates that, for part of the Pentecostal students, the narratives that discuss the Afro-Brazilian theme during History classes seem to conflict with beliefs based on other narratives and values attributed within the scope of churches on the subject. In this manner, the recommended idea is that syllabus instructors, as well as professors, in the process of choosing the direction to address the curricular contents that deal with the theme in discussion, consider the relevance of aspects such as those that surfaced in the research. Emphasis is suggested on historical sources and methodology, making such contents less susceptible to questioning by this religious group, which tends to demonize some characteristics of Afro-Brazilian culture.