Construção identitária de crianças quilombolas a partir da ancestralidade africana presente na literatura infantojuvenil

Abstract

Children's literature can be a strategy to introduce children to different themes. In the context of quilombola communities, children's contact with texts that address the theme of African ancestry has been frequent. That said, the general objective of the research was to understand how the recognition and affirmation of African ancestry is represented in children's literature, especially in the books: “The Little Prince” and “The Little Black Prince”, from the perspective of the identity construction of quilombola’s children. The research was characterized as descriptive, in terms of objectives; documentary does refer to technical and qualitative procedures regarding the approach. For analysis, we used content analysis, based on the analysis categories – ancestry/exchange of knowledge between generations; black identity and ethnocentrism. The results revealed that the title “The Little Black Prince” written by a Brazilian, presents excerpts that positively portray the categories of analysis. With this, it is concluded that children's literature, when written by authors who throughout their life trajectory assimilated their culture through their African ancestors, their texts can contribute positively to the recognition and affirmation of African ancestry and the identity construction of quilombola children.