Memories Yes, Forgetting Never: Revisiting African Roots in Everyday Life Through Heritage

Abstract

Observing how approaches to African Heritage are depicted and received, often reluctantly integrated into our country, not without resistance; frequently met with violence and violation, the authors propose to discuss, through the role of memory and heritage, their existence as a means of articulating individuals in spaces still denied to them. Beginning with the historical context of the country's formation, emphasizing ethnic disputes, examining the reading and writing of heritage through dominant framings, the aim is to make observations about contemporary reality. It is noted that spaces for their expressions are scarce, yet they are of utmost importance for expressions of Black culture, so prevalent in Brazilian society. In light of this, theoretical currents contribute to a process of decolonizing perspectives and new ways of reading and writing narrative.