A socialização dos estudantes africanos negros na Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Abstract

This dissertation is the report of a study that sought to understand how the socialization process of black African students develops at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF). Of a qualitative nature, the study collected information through interviews and documentary research. Using thematic analysis, the information collected was organized and systematized for analysis and understanding of the evidence. The results suggest that the socialisation of black African students at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora is permeated by tensions and difficulties that accompany them, to a greater or lesser degree, throughout their education. These obstacles, which appear from the moment the student first comes into contact with the institution, are associated not only with their status as foreigners, but also with their status as black people from the African continent. In this sense, their socialisation takes place in a context marked by power asymmetry and specific, negative typifications, conditioned by the markers of origin and race, which can make it difficult for them to integrate properly into the university community, negatively affecting their daily lives and academic training. However, the university has been able, with some effectiveness, to provide adequate responses to the demands of this socialisation.