Article 6GHD5 'Existing and resisting': Black quilombo communities fight for land, rights in Brazil

'Existing and resisting': Black quilombo communities fight for land, rights in Brazil

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Michael Fox
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Story ImageMonday is Black Consciousness Day in Brazil. It falls on day of death of Zumbi dos Palmares, the leader of Palmares Quilombo, a community of runaway slaves and their descendants, in 1695. There are still thousands of quilombos across Brazil, and many continue to fight for their land and their rights.
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