Amefricanity and Black Resistance
in the Transatlantic Context

This presentation aims to analyze the analytical category of Amefricanity as a practice of political, cultural, and philosophical resistance in the Brazilian context, situating it within the transatlantic dialogue between Africa and the Americas.

In this reflective exercise, we will duly consider the contributions of Afro-Brazilian philosopher, feminist, and activist Lélia Gonzalez and her systematizations of Amefricanity as a political, philosophical, and cultural expression of Afro-descendant experiences in the Americas, highlighting the centrality of the African diaspora in the construction of philosophical thought. The proposal reflects on how collective memory, spirituality, corporeality, musicality, rituals, and forms of community organization in quilombos constitute expressions of a living philosophy and countercolonial epistemologies (Bispo, 2023) in dialogue with African philosophical traditions and those of the African diaspora.

Our reflection will be guided by the following question: In what way can Amefricanity be understood as a philosophical category capable of articulating identity, ethics, and knowledge production based on Afro-Brazilian experiences, contributing to intercultural understanding between Africa and the Americas? The presentation also addresses contemporary phenomena such as identity, ethics, and situated epistemologies, highlighting bodily practices, rituals, dance, and music as ways of producing philosophical knowledge, strengthening the project of cultural resistance and transatlantic philosophical interconnection.