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| العنوان: |
Lu Ain-Zaila's Sankofa and Brazilian Afrofuturism: Akan Philosophy and Black Utopia in a Postapocalyptic World. |
| المؤلفون: |
OLIVEIRA-MONTE, EMANUELLE K. F. |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Lusophone Studies; Spring2022, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p31-53, 23p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
SCIENCE fiction, AFROCENTRISM, ADINKRA symbols, SOCIAL justice, EQUALITY, NARRATIVES |
| مستخلص: |
This article examines how Lu Ain-Zaila's postapocalyptic Duologia Afro-Brasil 2408--(In)Verdades: Ela está predestinada a mudar tudo (2016) and (R)Evolução: Eu e a verdade somos o ponto final (2017)--places Akan philosophy at the center of her Afrofuturistic project. Ain-Zaila builds her narrative around Ghanaian Adinkra symbols, using them as moral and ethical guidelines for her characters and as tools for readers to reflect. I propose that her literary project provides an alternative to the Western philosophical tradition, one that emphasizes Afrocentrism and Afro-Brazilian consciousness and experience. I also argue that her duology envisions a utopic future based on Black people's ancestral knowledge and Afro-Brazilians' struggles for recognition, equality, and social justice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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