SPINS OF ANCESTRY IN DIASPORIC BODIES: THINKING ABOUT ANOTHER SENSE OF MEMORY AND THE MENTAL HEALTH OF BLACK PEOPLE
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In this writing and subjectivation, I tell how ancestral care constitutes me through belonging and agency. When I go to meet my ancestry in Umbanda and Candomblé terreiros in the hills of the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, I recognize Psychic knowledge and practices that I question. Therefore, this article deals with the genesis of discovering myself as a Bantu woman based on some ritualistic practices typical of the various African peoples, which are touched upon when we encounter this religiosity. At the interface between psychology and education, I challenge my body as a black woman with epistemologies. For that, the concepts of subjectivation, memory, body and ancestry, permeate having as theoretical contributions the writings of black Brazilian women in this encounter with myself and with African ancestry.
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