Plants of negritude: Nagô Afro-Brazilian ethnobotanical knowledge of diasporic and Africanized plants

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70051/mangt.v5i2.65820

Keywords:

Ethnobotany, African Diaspora, Black Atlantic, Identity, Gastronomy

Abstract

Different ethnicities with their respective particularities update each other, build and constitute their distinct identities. The little recognition of African contributions and their ethnobotanical knowledge demonstrates the need to provide another historical perspective, revealing the complexity of knowledge systems so that one can overcome (re)elaborated generalizations about the supposedly inferior African character. The work, through a bibliographic survey, aims to expand knowledge about the impact of African knowledge on the economic success of colonial productive cycles, the dispersion of African plant species in Brazilian territory and for the construction of Afro-Brazilian ethnobotanical knowledge, the which are still present in the social imaginary and in the memory of the identities that make up the groups present in the Brazilian territory. And also discuss the impact of African influences of Yoruba origins exercised in the construction of black Afro-Brazilian identities, thus providing other epistemological perspectives centered on African humanities.

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Author Biographies

Renata, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, RJ, Brasil

Biologist graduated from the Fluminense Federal University in the field of Ethnobotany. Researcher at the Laboratory of Economic Botany and Ethnobotany (LABOTEE/UFF), carried out research on the food potential of species from the Dioscoriaceae (Cará) family. Participated in the extension project Knowing Other Food Plants and research project Ethnobotanical Studies in Traditional Communities of Niterói.  It works on the following themes: traditional peoples and communities, food plants, traditional knowledge, food and culture.

Odara, FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY

Associate Professor at the Federal Fluminense University. PhD in Ethnobotany from the National Museum/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Master in Botany from the National Museum/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Post-doctorate in Evolution and adaptation of eating practices from the Università degli Scienze Gastranomiche (Italy) and the Federal University of São João Del Rei (UFSJ). Coordinator of the PANC-UFF Project. Collaborating Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Sciences Applied to Health Products PPG-CAPS, UFF. Collaborating Professor of the Professional Master's Degree in Industrial Property and Innovation at INPI. She has experience in the area of ​​Botany, with an emphasis on Ethnobotany, Economic Botany and Taxonomy, working mainly on the following topics: food plants, medicinal plants, rural communities, traditional knowledge, food practices, immigration, ritual plants, PANC and intellectual property.

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Published

2025-10-31

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2025)

Section

Dossiê temático: a comida e o sagrado

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