LEATHER AND THE COWBOY AS AN AFRICAN LEGACY IN CARIRI CEARENSE

Abstract

The objective of this article was to analyze the African-based technologies present in Ceará, especially in Cariri. We understand that the Carirense territory is deeply marked by elements of African culture, constituting Africanities. Among the cultural elements of African origin, we highlight leather as an important commercial product that was already developed by African populations in Africa and which was transferred to Brazilian territory during criminal slavery, reformulating culture, sociology and the economy. We also studied the importance of technical and technological knowledge of the cowboy's work. To understand the Brazil-Africa relationship, in this study we used the research on Afro-descendance systematized by Cunha Junior (2001), which allows us to recognize a new African sociological history in the production of Brazilian geographic space. In addition to this important pan-Africanist intellectual, we also visited the references of the General History of Africa volumes. To expand knowledge about the history of leather and the work of the cowboy and other signs of Africanities in places, we consider that the various areas of knowledge production must implement Law 10.639/03, which requires the study and recognition of African and Afro-descendant history.