BRASIL: O OLHAR DE UM ESTRANGEIRO E A EDUCAÇÃO

https://doi.org/10.29327/211653.6.4-6

Abstract

This article tells the story of a Senegalese immigrant Aliou Badara Gningue, a 27-year-old Senegalese immigrant who speaks French and Wolof (a native language of Senegal), was literate in Arabic and is beginning to build his knowledge in Portuguese, a student of Education of Young People and Adults, of the State College Cristóvão Pereira, who reports in his speech the love for this country called Brazil and the city of Santiago that is located 470 km from the capital of Rio Grande do Sul. When we come across the story of Aliou , we realize that these people are miles away from loved ones, not only from the affection and warmth of the home, but far from the smells and tastes of their land, alone in a different world ... different language, a totally different culture .. In the baggage the fear of the unknown, uncertainties, insecurity and dreams, many dreams and with the hope of a better life ... dreams of returning to the house with better conditions to be able to help their families In Santiago Aliou says that he found a family, who welcomed him as his son; she misses home, but this is compensated by the affection that is treated and says that "Brazil has very good people, it has rain, it has sunshine and mainly it has work". We seek to show how this immigrant interprets Brazil, how it was welcomed, its longings, difficulties and especially the role of education in the process of adaptation in the new country.