"SÓ PASSEI A ME ACHAR BONITA ATRAVÉS DO PROJETO": as confluências do Africanidades nas trajetórias de vida dos estudantes do CIEP 201

Abstract

This dissertation aims to investigate the impacts of the Africanidades project on the life trajectories of students from CIEP 201, located in the second district of Duque de Caxias, in Baixada Fluminense. An intensive analytical description was made of CIEP 201 and the Africanidades Project, which has been carrying out pedagogical activities in accordance with Law 10.639/03 for nearly two decades, as well as the testimonies and life paths of students and alumni who participated in, stayed in, or returned to the Africanidades project. To achieve this, a dialogue was established with theories and methodologies that critically address coloniality and modernity, so that the voices and experiences of the Black population in the Baixada Fluminense region could be heard and embraced more fluidly in the writing and analytical processes presented. The research provides an understanding that the development of a long-lasting anti-racist practice, in addition to generating cultural, pedagogical, and heritage-related impacts, also serves as a space for training both students and teachers who are willing to deconstruct racist stereotypes entrenched by coloniality.