A JOURNEY ON TWO WHEELS: FROM ANGOLA TO THE CLASSROOM
Africanities. Law 10.639/2003. Teaching. Inclusion.
The bicycle with mustaches, a novel by Angolan writer Ndalu de Almeida, better known as Ondjaki, tells the story of the city of Luanda in the post-war period through the childhood memories of street children. This story serves as a background for the accomplishment of the basic sequence - according to Cosson's conceptions (2014) - developed with the students of the 7th grade of a primary school in the municipal public school of Serra Caiada / RN. The objective of this work is to investigate how Portuguese-speaking African literatures can contribute to the implementation of Law 10.639 / 2003, which establishes the teaching of Afro-Brazilian and African history and culture in all educational establishments. The problem was chosen based on the fact that although more than a decade has passed since its enactment, there are few educational institutions where this law is actually implemented. The methodology used in this work is qualified as action research - according to the propositions of Thiollent (2011) - considering that this is characterized by the participation of the students involved in the research and, mainly, by solving a problem in a collaborative way. As a theoretical reference, we use the concepts of Cavalleiro (2001), Munanga (2005 and 2012) and Praxedes and Praxedes (2014), authors who discuss, among other things, the importance of education for ethnic-racial relations and the implementation of Law 10.639 / 2003. Its relevance is to discuss this important issue for teachers and students and to cooperate with the reflections in the classroom, in an inclusive perspective, minimizing the effects of racism, discrimination and prejudice in school.