Afro-Philosophising In Nuestra America. Notes For A Dissident Epistemology

Abstract

The proliferation of Eurocentrism, as a product of modernity and the coloniality of power, has contributed to the erasure and denial of the knowledge of subjects considered subaltern, including the forms of knowledge produced by Afro-descendant peoples and communities. Nevertheless, despite their exclusion, many of these Afro knowledges still persist and resist oblivion through their constitution as dissident epistemologies. In line with this, the present work seeks to recover certain contributions stemming from Afro epistemologies, while also promoting their relational and archipelagic articulation.