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a class on Afro-Brazilian culture and art

Abstract

Considering the curricular guidelines outlined in Law 10.639/03, which deals with compulsory and systematic education mandatory and systematic history and Afro-Brazilian and African culture in all public and private schools from elementary school to high school, his article proposes a reflective reading of the literary work Tumbu and the canvases of the painter Alexandre Rosalino with students of the 7th year of elementary school, a public school in Manaus / AM. Aiming to relate Brazilian literature to the history of Africa and Afro-Brazilian art, in the perception and acceptance of other knowledge and living, which constitute the Brazilian cultural diversity, integrative activities were carried out to read and interpret Marconi Leal's Tumbu and paintings by the artist A. Rosalino. This article proposes a discussion about ethnic-racial culture, through action research, whose methodology made use of the qualitative approach, with data collected through participant observation, using the field notebook and documentary research. In the analysis of our research Paulo Freire guides us to think about a teaching that empowers the cultural identity of the students, and for this, Martha Abreu brings us a problematization about the National Curricular Guidelines calling on educators and other history professionals to get involved with a more engaged reflection on the Afro-Brazilian culture. The accessible language of the recifense writer's work and the colorful setting of black cultural and religious manifestations, in the canvases of the artist from Minas Gerais, favor allying educational policy with educational and curricular practices, providing an environment of interaction and dialogue from Literature and Art as protagonists of ethnic-racial discussions with students in formation.