Philosophies in diaspora

terreiro’s epistemologies and transformations of the self

Abstract

This article deals with the african diaspora as an epistemological source and, mainly, its implications for the production of african philosophy in Brazil. To deepen this issue, the body will be emphasized as a means of communication with the visible or invisible world through the terreiro, establishing a relationship between experience and philosophical thought. Then, to base the diaspora, the narrative of orixá Oyá/Iansã will be interpreted as its axis the "body without borders" that mediates nature and culture. Finally, to propose a philosophy that articulates the encounter between the earth and the spiritual, the tradition and the modern based on a conceptual connection between Africa and Brazil.