Adilbênia Freire Machado holds a PhD in Education from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), a master’s degree in Education from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), and a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the State University of Ceará (UECE). She is an Associate Professor at the Multidisciplinary Institute, Department of Education and Society, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), and a faculty member in the Graduate Program in Education: Contemporary Contexts and Popular Demands (UFRRJ). She is a coordinator of the African and Afro-Diasporic Philosophy hub of the Brazilian Association of Black Researchers (ABPN), and the Philosophy and Liberation Association (AFyL - Brazil). She leads the research group “Odus do Ser-tão: African Philosophies, Ancestrality, Enchantment, and Afro-Referenced Knowledges.” She is also a member of the Laboratory for Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Studies (LEAFRO - UFRRJ), the Center for Cearense Africanidades (NACE): enchantment, pretagogia, ancestrality at UFC, and a founding member of the Africanidades Network at UFBA. Additionally, she is affiliated with the Brazilian Network of Women Philosophers, the Working Group on Philosophy of Liberation, Latin American and African Philosophy, and the Working Group on Philosophy and Race (National Association of Graduate Studies in Philosophy - ANPOF), as well as the Encantarias Collective - CE. 

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She has experience in the fields of African Philosophies, Philosophy, and Education, working primarily on the following topics: African Philosophies, African-Brazilian Philosophies, and Afro-referenced Philosophies; Philosophies of Ancestrality and Enchantment; Ancestral Feminine Knowledges; African and Afro-Brazilian History, Culture, and Education; Education for Ethnic-Racial Relations; Afro-referenced Curricula and Methodologies; Odus Methodologies; and African Philosophy in the Adinkras. She is the author of the book African Philosophy: Ancestrality and Enchantment as Formative Inspirations for the Teaching of Africanidades (2019), editor of four academic volumes, and author of over 40 articles published in academic journals and edited books. She is also organizing a forthcoming book titled African Philosophies Woven by Voices of Women.