Religiões de matrizes africanas em Marabá (PA): ações nos espaços públicos, afirmando identidades negras

Abstract

Holders of civilizing values that express their importance to Brazilian society as a whole, this article seeks to discuss African-based religions as a continuum with the African continent. This scenario allowed us to approach, from the speech of followers from the region of Marabá, in the state of Pará, the need for these religions to occupy public and social control spaces for the advancement of racial equality. For this purpose, it is used oral history to record the speeches of its participants and participant research through academic and political articulation. The work analyzes the different forms of religious representation and identity, dialoguing with the construction of public policies and the ways of action the black population uses in order to maintain its relationship with African ancestry through traditional communities of “terreiros”, highlighting the need to build other narratives in public spaces.