ABSTRACT
With the aim of weaving a counter-discourse to the hegemonic theological discourse which, privileging dialogue with Western philosophy, is racist and patriarcal we present, still in a seminal way, the theological work in the dialogue with black thought, African philosophy and, in a special way, African womanism. The research method is marked by the bibliographical analysis and the description of the experience of being in the Igreja das Santas Pretas. The results of this research, like all thoughts, are unfinished. The results of this research, like all thoughts, are unfinished. We wish to present to the academic community some references of African philosophy as a posible interlocutor of theology, so that it can overcome the complicity and dependence of Western philosophy and, consequently, of racism and patriarchy. We also want to place the processes of resistance and re-existence of black women at the center of theological reflection and demonstrate that they are part of an ancestral memory that informs the Afrodiasporic being. The theory of African matriarchy can be a useful instrument, also for theology, to interpret these processes and, with that, signal other paths for our gender relations.
KEYWORDS
Black Theology; Africana womanism; Black women