Apresentação do Dossiê – África Global e Diásporas Africanas: novas perspectivas para se trabalhar com ‘pertencimento, identidades e práticas culturais’

Hasani  Elioterio dos Santos; Karina Almeida de Sousa

doi:10.5433/2176-6665.2025v30e54179

Authors

Hasani Elioterio dos Santos Federal University of São Carlos https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1183-7466
Karina Almeida de Sousa Federal University of Maranhão https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2552-2046

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/2176-6665.2025v30e54179

Keywords:

African Diaspora Studies, belonging, identify, cultural revolution

Abstract

This text is a presentation of the thematic dossier “Global Africa and African Diasporas: New Perspectives for Working with Belonging, Identities, and Cultural Practices,” which brings together a set of texts whose main theme is the African presence in different regions of the planet. By crossing national borders, these communities create significant connections that have influenced a range of cultural, political, and historical events in Black and African communities, particularly those along the Atlantic. In this presentation, we trace the historical emergence of the African diaspora as an analytical category beginning in the late 1950s and discuss some theoretical milestones in the formation of African Diaspora Studies from a disciplinary perspective.

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Author Biographies

Hasani Elioterio dos Santos , Federal University of São Carlos

PhD in Sociology from the Federal University of São Carlos (2025).

Karina Almeida de Sousa , Federal University of Maranhão

PhD in Sociology from the Federal University of São Carlos (2020). Associate Professor in the Department of Human Sciences/Geography at the Federal University of Maranhão, Grajaú Campus.

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