Writingvivência and banzo

rudders of the ships of our memory?

Abstract

In this article we built a theoretical and conceptual review of the expression banzo that, since the arrival of African captives in Brazilian territories, in order to exploit the slave labor, has been presented in literature as an evil caused by memory andlonging for Africa, in the face of forced diaspora. Subsequently, a dialogue was established between the notions of banzo and writingvivation, the latter defended as a space for memory and for strengthening the antiracist commitment that, by nature, requires the rewriting of the history of black people by those who actually experienced it. To this end, we used studies that move between history and literature, more precisely the theoretical propositions of Conceição Evaristo (2010; 2016; 2017); Oliveira (2021); Oda (2008) Clóvis Moura (2004) Kananoja (2018); Cosme (1967), among others. From this, it was realized that there is an intense dialogue between writingvivation and banzo, since both take place in the present in relation to the past; one intending to connect with the lost past (banzo); the other, to build diverse futures of the currently lived (writingvivation).