O samba ensina. O samba como elemento formador de uma identidade negra nas aulas de História São Gonçalo 2022

Abstract

This dissertation aims to propose the utilization of samba as a source in history classes, as an element that forms black identity and values African and African-Brazilian’s history and culture. The songs selected are from the 70s and 80s, seen in the context of the military dictatorship and redemocratization. In the first chapter we approach the trajectory of samba writers (sambistas) Candeia and Nei Lopes, and an analysis of their songs with the racial theme as the main idea. In the second chapter an approach of the samba jamming session (roda de samba) as sociability spaces and also the trajectory of Leci and Clementina de Jesus with the perspective of valuing women’s contribution to samba and present issues experienced by them in order to escape essentialism. With this investigation, I intend to demonstrate that it is possible to stimulate in our students a critical eye from listening to these songs, seen as trace elements of a past and not merely historical allegories. Another goal is to incentive students to identify relations between the past and present, changes or constants from the relation to samba. In the third chapter an experience report of activities proposed in order to give subsidies to teachers who want to put into practice the proposed activities. As didactic product, an e-book was produced, O SAMBA ENSINA (Samba Teaches), which contains four activities for the classrooms, and a playlist with the selected sambas for the research.