Abstract

MULLER, Maria Lúcia Rodrigues  and  SILVA, Áurea Gardeni Sousa da. The experience of african students in Brazil. Revista da FAEEBA: Educação e Contemporaneidade [online]. 2016, vol.25, n.45, pp.55-70. ISSN 0104-7043.  https://doi.org/10.2015/jan.abr.v25n45.005.

This article intends to report on issues related to racism and racial discrimination situations experienced by students of the Oficial Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP) who enrolled in higher education institutions through the Brazilian Exchange Program for Undergraduate Students - PEC-G (for its acronym in Portuguese). In this paper it was sought to understand the experience of PEC-G students who come from PALOP in two Brazilian Midwestern cities, Brasília-DF, the capital of Brazil and Cuiaba-MT, the capital of the State of Mato Grosso. Students and ex-students from the University of Brasília (UnB) and the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT) were interviewed. In order to understand the proposed aspects, the researchers resorted to interviews and to the participating observation. The data reports that Brazilian universities do not have the structure to accommodate PALOP students. Moreover, being African and black in Brazil is an experience that imposes many difficulties. Teachers and students know little or nothing about the reality of Africa and reproduce stereotypical perceptions about the continent, which renders uncomfortable circumstances for these students. The relationship between PALOP students and Brazilian students is also stained by racism, discrimination and racial prejudice.

Keywords : African Students; PEC-G; Racism; Racial Discrimination.

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