EPISTEMOLOGICAL CONFLUENCES OXUM AS AN ODU FOR AFRO-REFERENCED EPISTEMOLOGIES
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The aim of this article is to reflect on the process of Afro-diasporic knowledge coming together with the academic structure when black researchers enter this physical and epistemological space. For this investigation, a bibliographical survey was carried out that included Afrocentric, decolonial and counter-colonial authors and presented Oxum as a guiding concept and a confluent methodological path based on the methodology of the Odus. The result of these reflections pointed to a leading role for epistemicide in maintaining colonial dynamics in the field of scientific production, as well as the great potential of Afro-diasporic epistemologies as a possibility for collective resistance in this field.
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