'Existing and resisting': Black quilombo communities fight for land, rights in Brazil
by Michael Fox from The World: Latest Stories on (#6GHD5)
Monday 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.