Matriarcado no campo do Asè

A importância de Ialorixás para experiências horizontais nos terreiros

Abstract

The práxis on the afrocentricity field is highlighted by female leadership, at the forefront of public and private organizations. Contrary to patriarchal occidental thinking, the present article searches to reflect on the prestige of women and how their positions are elementary for terreiro’s religiosity. Therefore, afrocentrists will be used to support the development of this article, as Asante (1988), Hudson-Weems (2019) e Nogueira (2019), have seen their great scientific relevance to an increasingly less eurocentric lead. With this bibliography contribution, it is understood that the Ialorixá’s positioning on terreiros is dissonant for the patriarchal society constitution and, precisely because of this, presents as necessary to undo the intense reproduction of gender, race and class inequality.