CASA
DAS ÁFRICAS Casa
das Áfricas (The House of Africas) was created in June, 2003, by a group
of researchers on Africa, with the aim of promoting and encouraging studies
and activities related to the African continent. In accordance to its mission
of working as a cultural space and a place for studies of African societies,
Casa das Áfricas implements research and activities in the following
areas: education, health, community development, culture and environment. The
Program also includes a reference library on Africa with approximately 2500
tittles. Main Lines of Action: - Media-library:
the main objective is obtaining, systematizing and spreading information about
the African continent, through a database which gathers bibliographic, film,
sound and image information. The collection of Casa das Áfricas can be
consulted at our library or on our site: www.casadasafricas.org.br
- Research: the program develops studies
on different themes related to Africa. The studies are a contribution of the
researchers who are members of the staff of Casa das Áfricas, of associate
researchers as partners in specific projects, and of guest speakers invited
by the House.
Lines of Research: - Africans
in Brazil today
- The African Continent: alterity,
imaginary and new media.
- Forms of expression
in Africa: material culture, oral and literary.
- Cultural
negotiations, migrations, processes of identity and social changes in Africa.
- Accounts
of research on Africa in Brazil.
CASA DAS ÁFRICAS - Actions
in Africa and in Brazil: Casa das Áfricas carries out activities in Africa
giving priority to places where studies have been made by researchers of the
House. It is part of our aim to make it possible for the scholars to return
or to compensate the people and countries where they carried out their research
in some way. In Brazil, our actions aim at two goals: to raise awareness in
Brazilian society of the diverse cultural expressions in Africa; to support
African residents in the Brazil, especially students and immigrants.
- Formation:
the House contributes to broadening knowledge of African societies by supporting
the training of teachers and students, promoting workshops, courses and debates.
Through our collection, which consists of different media, we make available
to the public, information concerning the cultures, histories and contemporary
questions of the various regions of Africa.
- Publications:
Casa das Áfricas publishes original and translated materials about Africa
and proposes publication to various Brazilian publishing houses. In 2003 the
work of Amadou Hampate Ba, ‘Amkoullel o menino fula’, was published
in partnership with Palas Athena Editions. In 2004 Denise Dias Barros’
book “Itinerários da Loucura em Território Dogon” was
published in partnership with Fiocruz Editions. The book was Awarded the Brazilian
literary Prize Jabuti, third place in the category Education, Psychology and
Psychoanalisis.
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