AFRICA IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HISTORY TEXTBOOKS: CURRICULUM, DECOLONIALITY, AND EUROCENTRIC RESIDUES IN THE REPRESENTATION OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENTE
The teaching of African History in Brazil endured centuries of institutional silencing, which relegated the African continent to a secondary role in school narratives. For decades, teaching materials associated Africa almost exclusively with slavery, the slave trade, and colonization, reinforcing stereotypes of backwar...