RELIGIÃO, NEGRITUDE E CIDADANIA: A EXPERIÊNCIA DO INSTITUTO CULTURAL STEVE BIKO CONTRA A DISCRIMINAÇÃO RACIAL

Abstract

Our objective with this work is to make known Instituto Cultural Steve Biko (ICSB) of the city of Salvador, appeared in 1992 with an educative proposal that presents among others objectives to favor the entrance of the biggest possible number of young afro-Brazilians from the periphery of the related city in the public and private universities. The study of this institute becomes pertinent for being this institution the pioneer, in Brazil, directed toward the afro-descendant population and also belonging to a group of institutions that exceed 1500 units in Brazil. We place our attention on the influence of the religion in this institute, once this influence is in the foundation of the traditions of African origin. Then, our reflections will be directed to perceive which is the parcel of participation of the religion while motivation for the search of the citizenship in the educative proposal of the ICSB. In order to make this discovery we will appraise religion, citizenship, negritude, ethnic identity, black conscience and collective memory. These itens and its respective relations with the afro-Brazilian community and its concrete situations will help us in the rework of an afro-Brazilian identity, while possibility of resistance in the fight against the racial discrimination.