Kwanissa: Revista de Estudos Africanos e Afro-Brasileiros

La noire de (1966) and the loss of blackness: dialogues between Ousmane Sembène and Frantz Fanon

Luiz Ricardo Resende Silva — 2025-05-30

Ousmane Sembène (1923 - 2007) is considered one of Africa's greatest filmmakers. Through his productions, he established basic models for filmmaking on the continent, and brought traditional principles and denunciations of colonization in Africa to the screen. This essay seeks to analyze one of his first films, La noire de... (1966), from the perspective of the work of psychoanalyst Frantz Fanon (1925 - 1961), more specifically Pele negra, máscaras brancas (2008) and Os condenados da terra (2010). In his writings, Fanon deals with a violent process of loss of blackness by colonized Africans, a process demonstrated in the agonizing narrative of La noire de... (1966).

Favela, violence and resistance: the margin on a black creative perspective

Dayanne da Silva Santos — 2025-05-30

Alleys of memory is a literary work that dialogues directly with the perspectives of studying marginal sociology, with subaltern and decolonial studies, being an important book to broaden the debate on violence and black protagonism in all areas of human sciences. In the book, the black Brazilian intellectual Conceição Evaristo shows, through a sensitive critical reflection, alternative experiences of weaving resistance, autonomy and acceptance, while denouncing, through theoretical and methodological reflections, the increase in social inequalities caused by the process of desfavelamento. The social relationships woven in different contexts within the favela and in the relationship with the surroundings shape the written narratives of resistance in a particular and complex way of doing and being a favela in Brazil. In each shared experience, the favela becomes dynamic and communal even among the rubble of houses that are thrown down by the process of desfavelamento. Families breathe through the orifices of extensive care networks, ranging from food sharing to collective mourning. It is using the favela as a creative and insurgent place that Evaristo discusses forms of coexistence and production of autonomies networks in a context marked by state violence. Becos brings together experiences that allow us to think about the defense of the common, considering experiences, antagonisms and alliances established in the relations from the most internal to the most external in the constitution of what the favela is.

Journeys of 2013 and the racial question in Brazil: trajectories and experiences of young black activists and militants

Gislene da Silva — 2025-05-30

The article's theme is the experiences of young black activists at the 2013 Journeys in Brazil, with the aim of analyzing how these experiences influenced the trajectories of such activists. It presents results from the research “Educational dimensions of the 2013 Journeys in Brazil”, based on bibliographical research and semi-structured interviews of two types: with researchers who approached the Journeys in their investigations; and, most importantly, with 10 people who were, in 2013, black activists active in the Journeys. Based on evidence found in the initial phase of the research, regarding the importance of racial themes and the black movement in the Journeys, this article was proposed based on the results of interviews with activists and militants carried out in the aforementioned research. Among the results, the following stand out: the strengthening of the black movement in Brazil as one of the fruits of the 2013 Journeys, including as result of the experiences of participation of young black women and men in this cycle of collective actions; at the same time, the Journeys, as a moment of political subjectivation, were fundamental in the political trajectories of such young black women and men, who strengthened their links with racial agendas and, in a relevant number, in the following years joined or deepened their involvement with political parties from the progressive camp, even occupying elected positions – in relative contradiction with the climate of strong criticism of parties and the representative political regime experienced during the Journeys.

Brazil – PALOP relations: 17 ans de politique étrangère et de coopération technique pour le développement (2003 – 2020)

Iabna Infaga — 2025-05-30

The present article aims to understand the foreign policy of international cooperation for development undertaken by Brazilian governments, between 2003 and 2020, together with the five Portuguese-speaking African Countries (PALOP) – Angola, Cape-Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe. For this study, it is dedicated to the analysis of Brazilian foreign policy and the historical periods of the Lula – Dilma and Temer – Bolsonaro governments in their relations with the PALOP, considering Brazilian technical cooperation for these countries. It is concluded that the relationships established since 2003 have always been aimed at meeting the demands that enabled development or advancement in certain areas, such as agriculture, health and education, these demands constituted bilateral cooperation between Brazil and the five African countries.

A case of dual identity, jewish and catholic, in the capeverdean economic and cultural space of the second half of the 19th century

Marco Piazza — 2025-05-30

The Jewish presence in Cape Verde left little trace: a few graves, surnames, oral memories and a couple of place names. However, this micro-history is emblematic of Cape Verdean identity, of 'Cape Verdeanness' (caboverdianidade), which can be defined as intrinsically intercultural. Over the centuries, Jewish elements have mixed with Christian and other elements in an original way. This article presents a peculiar case study, namely the figure of a man with a dual identity, Jewish and Catholic, who lived in the second half of the 19th century, mainly on the island of S. Nicolau, where his tomb is still preserved today. The article contains the first known decipherment of the Hebrew inscription on the aforementioned tomb.

Restorative justice: an instrument to confight structural racism and effective the free development of the personality of black brazilian

Jaqueline Olivera Alexandre Lagoa e Silva — 2025-05-30

The article investigates whether restorative justice is effective in combating structural racism and promoting the development of the black population in Brazil. It analyzes racial discrimination in the country and assesses whether restorative justice not only repairs damage caused by racial intolerance, but also encourages self-awareness and accountability for perpetrators. The study is justified by the increase in racial intolerance and its consequences for this population. Using deductive, historical and comparative methods, and based on national bibliographical research, the objective is to show that restorative practices are suitable for confronting structural racism, holding perpetrators accountable and repairing damage to victims.

Formation of race and raciality in a pigmentocratic structure

Henrico dos Santos Iturriet — 2025-05-30

This article aims to build a relationship between the social processes of racialization and socialization of race in a society that permeates a spectrum of signs and symbolizations that make a reading under the individual unconditionally social, and that behaves as a fundamental characteristic of a pigmentocracy. Therefore, it aims to follow the historical path that the discourse on race and its function as a dominant ideology in the face of revolutionary mechanisms become confused in countless Brazilian social theories, while reflecting on the meanings of racial relations and their contradictions and inequalities in the Brazilian reality.