Abstract

CARVALHO, Francisca Edilza Barbosa de Andrade  and  CASTILHO, Suely Dulce de. DECOLONIALITY TOWARDS BLACK QUILOMBOLA FEMINISM: a necessary reflection. Revista Teias [online]. 2022, vol.23, n.70, pp.41-56.  Epub Feb 23, 2023. ISSN 1982-0305.  https://doi.org/10.12957/teias.2022.67212.

Historically, Black women of African descent have contributed to the construction and transformation of society. Nevertheless, despite the importance of their political, social, economic, and cultural representativeness, in general, Black quilombola women face several challenges emanating from the color of their skin and the colonial legacy. In this context, the main objective of this article is to give relevance to the life stories, the struggles, the expertise, and the victories experienced by three Black, rural and quilombola women, teachers and activists who are part of the teaching staff of the Escola Estadual Quilombola José Mariano Bento, located in quilombola territory of Vão Grande, in Mato Grosso. Methodologically, this is qualitative research and had, as the main instrument for data generation, the interview and observation in loco, during the years 2014 to 2022. Theoretically, we are based on decolonial authors, such as Carneiro (2003, 2004); Castilho (2008, 2011); Gonzalez (1984); Lugones (2008, 2014); Mbembe (2011); Quijano (2005, 2010); Maldonado-Torres (2010) and Spivak (1914). The results of this study demonstrate the need to reverse the assigned social logic, which universalizes white domination and inferiorizes black women, being necessary, therefore, to promote the visibility of the struggles fought by them on a daily basis, valuing their lived experiences in the community, in the conquests of their territories and in the advances for an education that meets the dreams and projects of quilombola families related to access to goods, rights and improvements for their communities.

Keywords : colonial hegemony; black quilombola women; black feminism.

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