‘WE GET A REST FROM ONE THING BY DOING OTHERS’:

BETWEEN MANY HANDS, FOR A DIFFERENT EDUCATION, WE BUILT THE NEAN OJU OBÁ COLLECTIVE

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the construction of the NEAN Oju Obá Collective (Black An­thropology Studies and Research Center) which has been moving and fighting in defense of a decolonial and anti-racist educational pedagogy in higher education, and in favor of equal opportunities for black people access (and remain) in the Postgraduate Program in Anthropology at the Federal University of Paraíba (PPGA/UFPB, Campus I and IV). We used three reports from black students from the Collective to reflect on the relationship be­tween Anthropology and Education, based on the Blackness Preparatory Course at PPGA/ UFPB. Next, we reflect on Law No. 12,711/2012, of August 29, 2012, known as the “Quota Law”, and on the implementation of quota policies at national level and the implementa­tion of affirmative actions at the Federal University of Paraíba. In the third part, we delve deeper into the educational proposal that NEAN Oju Obá seeks to build in collective teach­ing and learning processes and in the search for the realization of the rights of the black population.

KEYWORDS: Black Anthropology. Collective. Anti-racist Education. Postgraduate studies. Paraíba.

IMAGE: Logo of the Nean Oju Obá collective. Author: João Vítor Velame.