Sankofiando os vestígios do Movimento Negro na RSB: um olhar amefricano em busca do que ficou esquecido

Abstract

Based on the philosophical concept contained in the adinkra Sankofa that "it is not taboo to go back and look for what you have forgotten", this dissertation is part of the construction of other perspectives on the process of the Brazilian Health Reform (RSB), based on a recovery of the contributions of black militancy and/or on the theme of confronting racism that were denied in "official" history and in the formulation of the Unified Health System (SUS) project. Taking Sankofiar as the mode of research inspired by the Afrocentric theoretical framework and Social History, and assuming the category of Amefricanity as the analytical key, the research was carried out based on dialogue with bibliography, documentary research and semi-structured interviews with six black people who were politically active in the period of the RSB between 1970 and 1990. The ethical aspects were safeguarded and approved as stipulated by the Research Ethics Committee of the Institute of Social Medicine of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), under CAAE Nº 65271622.5.0000.5260. Among the main lessons learned from the research, we can mention the visibility of traces of black participation in official health documents, bringing to light some of the systematized demands of the black social movement and opening up space for black voices to tell the story of building the foundations of the SUS from unconventional perspectives, involving different conceptions of health and care, the leading role played by the black women's movement, general discussions on the structuring of a Health System and the management of the workforce within it, as well as the concept of democracy that they bring from the past - all fundamental reflections to produce a shift in the bases of analysis and formulation towards a multi-versal, equitable, integral and intercultural SUS, an amefrican SUS.