Dandara dos Palmares: a proposal to present a black heroine in the scholar enviroment

Abstract

Several black protagonists, such as Dandara dos Palmares, were excluded from the official history of Brazil told in our schools, mainly due not only to racism, among other factors, but also of the machismo and sexism still existing in our society. As one of its consequences is the lack of identification of Afro-descendant girls with black female characters. Thus, this article aims to present a proposal of pedagogical activity through the divulgation of the trajectory of this great heroine of Quilombo dos Palmares, based on the book As Lendas de Dandara, by the writer and cordelist Jarrid Arraes. This work has the purpose of valorizing the deeds and memory of Dandara, and to contribute for the construction of black children's identity as Afro-descendants as well as for the inclusion of ethnic-racial diversity in classrooms.

Keywords

• dandara dos palmares. as lendas de dandara. mulheres negras. história. literatura.