THE INTELLECTUAL EXCLUSION OF BLACK THOUGHT

Abstract

Philosophy in its reflective dimension needs to reflect on its teaching and reproduction in view of the context of the implementation of Article 26a of the Law of Guidelines and Bases of National Education, that determines the study of African and Afro-Brazilian histories and cultures in the curricula of all basic education, however, finds a significant obstacle with regard to the teaching of philosophy. There is a profound silencing and exclusion of thought produced on the African continent. To fulfill the determined by this law, it is necessary to uncover the mechanisms responsible for this silencing and exclusion, to then create a space for this thought, that makes up African culture and impacts national thinking can be incorporated into High School curricula, where philosophy is taught in Basic Education. In this sense, the writing of this article proposes to think about the constitution of the intellectual exclusion of black-African thought (especially the thought produced in the sub-Saharan portion of the African continent).