AFROINFANCY

between everyday life at school and social media

Abstract

The paper presents the Afroinfância [Afrochildhood] project, which is grounded in Molefi Kete Asante’s ideas in line with the Afrocentricity paradigm. The Afroinfância project seeks to rewrite the narrative of African history and to embrace African educational technologies. Through social media, the project challenges traditional curriculum practices and influences teacher training, encouraging teachers to rethink their educational approaches to better meet the needs of black children. Thus, this paper aims to present the narratives of teachers who, as a result of the project, reflect on their educational processes by incorporating curriculum principles structured by the Afrocentric paradigm, particularly in Early Childhood Education. Afroinfância highlights the importance of an education that not only identifies racism but also values African contributions to humanity and, consequently, to how education is conceived and practiced. In sum, Afroinfância positions itself as an important virtual formative space to rethink and promote ruptures within the Early Childhood Education curriculum, with African and Afro-diasporic experiences as the core components of another, non-hegemonic educational model.