Teaching the African diaspora through the figure of the African Griots, oralitura and Afro-Colombian literature

Abstract

The objective of the research was to analyze how it contributes to the teaching of the history of the African diaspora through oraliture and Afro-Colombian literature in the educational setting, the “Griots pedagogical strategy”, storytellers in the group of students of course 702 of the TUMA-ICET Educational Citadel Institution. At the methodological level, it focused on Action Research as a contribution to ethno-education from a qualitative perspective and on the recognition of the perceptions and experiences of the participating actors, who contribute to the transformation of the academic reality. The participating population were ten students of grade 702 of the Educational Institution, who are between 12 and 15 years old, and eight teachers of social sciences and language.

Previous knowledge related to the history of the African diaspora was diagnosed and characterized, from which the Griots, storytellers pedagogical strategy was designed, applied and analyzed. This was structured into six workshops that address the history of the African diaspora chronologically from the transatlantic trade; going through the conditions of enslavement to which the black peoples of the African continent were forced; the marronage strategies and the roles they assumed in the fight for freedom; as well as the mobilization that led to the recognition of ethnic- territorial rights. As results of the investigation, it was identified that the pedagogical strategy contributes both to the learning of the history of the African diaspora from the approach of oraliture and Afro-Colombian literature, as well as to the motivation of school development, and the strengthening of skills related to comprehension. reading and writing through the knowledge of the stories and experiences of the descendants of the African diaspora from their own voices.