Quem irá escolher meu esposo será eu, não o meu pai? Gênero, raça e migração nas vivências de mulheres guineenses na UNILAB, em São Francisco do Conde- Bahia.

Abstract

The arrival of African students in the municipality of São Francisco do Conde (BA) provoked reactions of surprise, curiosity, and estrangement from the local population. This study focuses on Guinean female students who seek higher education in Brazil and, upon settling in the municipality, face an intense cultural shock, compounded by the challenges arising from Brazilian structural racism. The research proposes a critical reflection on the ways in which the migratory process impacts their academic, social, and identity trajectories, especially regarding the perception and confrontation of racial discrimination. Thus, it seeks to understand how the migratory experience and the condition of being a Black and African woman intertwine in the construction of their identities within a historically racialized territory. Methodologically, a qualitative approach is adopted, with the use of semi-structured interviews and bibliographic analysis. The perspective of intersectionality guides the analysis, allowing for the capture of the complexity of the inequalities faced by the students and their strategies of resistance and resignification within the Brazilian academic space.