Philosophical principles and African worldview in dialogue with basic education at a school in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro.
African worldview; early childhood education; anti-racist education; religious racism.
This thesis presents a dialogue between the African worldview and philosophical principles based on Yoruba culture, weaving insights and reflections on the use of the archetypes of the Orishas as a pedagogical tool in anti-racist actions and practices. Focusing on a Public Integrated Education Center (CIEP) in the west zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, in the first stage of basic education, we will present possible paths that contemplate the applicability of Law 10.639/2003, the National Curricular Guidelines for Early Childhood Education (2009), the National Curricular Guidelines for the Teaching of Ethnic-Racial Relations and for the Teaching of Afro-Brazilian and African History and Culture (2004) in harmony with the valuable African cultural contribution from the Yoruba deities. The civilizing aspects systematized by Oliveira (2021) and Trindade (2005) support the sensitive points as we delve deeper into the issue of spirituality and religiosity, highlighting the benefits of continuing with actions that generate debates and challenges related to racism and religious intolerance, legitimizing the presence of the mythology of the Orixás (Prandi, 2001) in anti-racist pedagogical interventions in early childhood education. The baggage that houses the intentionality of the journey was organized through studies on Axé children, with an emphasis on the consistent elaboration of Caputo (2012) and the record of some issues presented here in dialogue with the teaching of African and Afro-Brazilian culture, which presents Yoruba mythology as a pedagogical contribution to the insertion of knowledge and understandings originating from Africa. The concept of the secularity of the State is preserved, accompanies the research and the reflections generated by it, permeating the ideas formed in this thesis.