The Teatro Experimental Negro under the vision of the newspaper Quilombo

a project of affirmation and “de-complexification” of the black subject

Abstract

This research is dedicated to an exploratory analysis of the stories published by the newspaper Quilombo, edited by head Abdias Nascimento between 1948 and 1950, about the artistic pedagogical and therapeutic project proposed by the Black Experimental Theatre (TEN). We sought to investigate, through the discussion of the arguments used in the analyzed texts, how the founders of TEN understood the racial issue in Brazil and how they reacted to change this reality. The main themes discussed are the recognition of the racism, Group Therapy seminars, which intended to overcome the problems of the black people, and the fight for the appreciation, as well as the fight for opportunities equality. I conclude with this study that the life of the black people in the country is portrayed in the newspaper as a daily fight against the effects of the slavery regime added to the maintenance of the inequalities and to the racism. The aspirations of the black people, therefore, are that eventually this problem may be overcome, through political articulation, appreciation of the black culture and implementation of affirmative policies.