ENCRUZILHADAS E TRAVESSIAS - EXU COMO ALTERNATIVA AO PATRIARCADO RACISTA, UMA TRADUÇÃO COMENTADA DE A FORTUNE FOR YOUR DISASTER, DE HANIF ABDURRAQIB

Abstract

This work is supported by Exu, who is the orixá of paths and transformations, to guarantee us safe passage on the paths we travel in search of emancipation from the oppressions of patriarchy and coloniality. I start from the thought that Exu is the main figure who will guide us within the diaspora towards other ways of being and living. I translated six poems from A Fortune For Your Disaster, by Hanif Abdurraqib, as an instrument that recreates subjectivities, capable of translating the senses and experiences present in black bodies. This work seeks to reflect on the processes and analyzes that occurred during the translation of the work, thinking about the effects of racist patriarchy and how it operates on black men to sustain its system. I start from the idea of a translation work that is reflected as a kind of lighthouse, showing us the pitfalls of coloniality while allowing us to see new paths. I tried to link these thoughts to bell hooks' ideas of male emancipation as a way of thinking about other possibilities and constructions of black masculinity. I therefore suggest translating as a way of re-signifying the other's words to find a dialectical field in which our experiences and sensibilities can also be the source of the energy needed to free ourselves from the stereotypes that the racist patriarchy tries to preach in us. Keywords: Exu. Translation. Patriarchy. Diaspora. Antiracism.