The Denunciation of Colonial Ideological Apparatus through Afrofuturistic Statements in O último ancestral [The Last Ancestral], by Ale Santos

Abstract

This article studies how Afrofuturist statements in Ale Santos’s book O último ancestral [The Last Ancestral] denounce the colonial ideological apparatuses present in our contemporary world. Afrofuturism is seen as a space for resistance, speculation, and reinvention, allowing Afro-diasporic subjects to reclaim their humanity and project alternative, inclusive futures. We selected French Discourse Analysis as our theoretical and methodological framework to examine discursive memory and colonial ideological apparatuses. We also use Lacanian psychoanalysis, which helps us to understand the resignification of the Real, based on alternatives to the Symbolic and the Imaginary directed by Afrofuturist statements. Finally, we examine the studies of Deleuze and Guattari, which contribute to the analysis of the role of the co-enunciator in the negotiation of the effects of meaning, emphasizing the importance of enunciative arrangements and lines of flight. This study highlights Afrofuturism’s ability to question dominant narratives and foster identities and existences that transcend colonialism.