Erased memories and untold stories: Black populations and the teaching of history in schools in Itapagipe/MG

Abstract

In the official sources that narrate the historical formation of some cities in the Pontal do Triângulo Mineiro, the participation of black populations in the social, political and economic constitution, as well as Afro-Brazilian characters, was silenced. In this text, I present an experience of the pedagogical potential for teaching history, using local history, from Untold Stories by historical subjects, present in the formation of these cities, but invisible to official sources, using history as an object of research and women. In view of the question raised above, I raise some questions. How to focus on local history, on teaching history, with a Eurocentric perspective? Is it possible to use knowledge of the school's history that values ​​the specificities of local history, without disregarding the interconnections with other spatial dimensions? A teaching of history that is capable of giving life to other characters, hitherto, silenced in these local contexts. Throughout the investigation, I could see that the marking of the place that black occupies, or should occupy, is very well defined in the official history of the city of Itapagipe. The purpose of this text is to think about the teaching of Afro-Brazilian and African history and history in connection with the local history and the memory of the silenced, including in this approach, not only the diverse historical subjects, but their main role. Who are the silenced characters in Itapagipe's history? Whose untold stories are these?