A aplicação da Lei 10639/03 e a representação dos negros nos livros-didáticos de história: dois estudos de caso

Abstract

Law 10.639 culminated in 2003 by the President Luís Inácio Lula da Silva, who determines the mandatory teaching of history of Africa and Afro-Brazilian and African culture in public and private schools of Brazil, was the result of a long process of struggle for recognition, respect and equality by, mainly, the black movements. The present work aims to evaluate and reflect how the Negros were represented, from the analysis of two teaching collections in History to the elementary school II, approved the Textbook Program (PNDL) in 2014. From the methodology, we analyzed what the approach of African and Afro-Brazilian history used by authors seeking to reflect on how much progress has been made with the law and how much still there is to stereotype, prejudice and Eurocentric vision in representations of black people, their cultures and of the African continent.