The main objective of this paper is to recognize the social representations built about the afro-Colombian teacher woman (ACTW) in literary works: "The black doll", "The girl in the mirror", "The great scare of Petronila", and "The Mandinga cockroach" by the writer Mary Grueso Romero.For that, a qualitative methodological approach was used whereas the data collection technique was performed by textual analysis.The referred works were characterized in terms of the fundamental aspects of literary creation.In the cited works, mental images, meanings, and valuations, as well as, the main contributions associated with social representations were determined.The above is related to an evocation of memories and childhood experiences for the identification and characterization of the Afro identity.Some aspects highlighted are the individual and collective recognition from a physical, cultural, and social perspective, the construction of community vision determined by values and principles promulgated from the Afro world, and the most relevant problems that Afro-Colombian groups and communities have historically faced, such as discrimination, social exclusion, and racism.Consequently, the role of the teacher and, in a wider sense, education in general, are assumed as areas of action and decision for the knowledge, appreciation, rescue, and exaltation of the Afro-Colombian it.