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Reversing Dislocations: African Contributions to Brazil in the Works of Manuel Querino, 1890–1920

2013; Wiley; Volume: 11; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/hic3.12046

1478-0542

Niyi Afolabi,

Caribbean and African Literature and Culture

Abstract While Africa is inextricably linked to the formation of Brazilian identity in all its manifestations and ramifications, the discourses of hybridity in Latin America have minimized the significant impact of Africa in that cultural contact zone by encouraging the propaganda of racial harmony, mythological state of racelessness, and non‐racism while fundamentally masking the contentious terrains of struggle for institutional, economical, and cultural equality among different races. Through the analysis of select works of Manuel, this article argues that the reversal of perpetual dislocations in African diaspora discourses that emanate from myopic rendering and simplification of complex cultural realities and contexts, must begin with a close examination of the contributions of each racialized group in order to better understand the extent of the strategic contribution of every race, and deliberate marginalization of African diaspora voices in Brazilian continuously problematic racial democracy.