Silva, Laurisabel Maria de Ana da; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1301-8317; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7829988789827284
Resumo:
In a moment that signals profound transformations in the model of relations developed within
the international community—where countries have established commercial, economic, and
development cooperation connections which are now under threat—a new ordering of the
system seems to be taking shape. The concept of sovereignty also appears to be under
reformulation, one of the characteristics that provide the foundation for the concept of the State
and that once seemed consolidated in studies of Social Sciences and International Relations.
Within this panorama, the analysis of the constitution of a rationale for Black diasporas located
in the Americas, in close contact with African and Indigenous populations and heritages,
through the study of cooperation relations for development in the cultural sector, becomes
important for the (re)construction of these ties on new grounds. It emerges as an alternative for
understanding the actions carried out among Global South countries, including the
rapprochement between African nations and Black diasporas in the Americas. To this end,
documentary research was conducted, analyzing reports from various events aimed at
strengthening relations between Black diasporas and the African continent, as well as
documents that established bilateral agreements between Brazil—a major Black diaspora—and
African continent. Brazilian sound cultures were also examined, notably schools of samba and
Afro blocos, which have reflected and continue to reflect the creation of imaginaries about
specific countries and the African continent itself during the periods of these events and
agreements, mirroring the interests of States and organizations, particularly those connected to
Pan-Africanist thought and Ubuntu philosophy. For this purpose, references from Pan
Africanist, gender, ethnomusicology, history, post-structuralist, and decolonial studies were
employed.
