Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (Author)
Format:
Pamphlet
Publication Date:
2008
Published:
Austin, TX: Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas School of Law
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
57 p., "A report by the Rapoport Delegation on Afro-Brazilian Land Rights, Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas School of Law."
Quilombo communities with title updated as of May 26, 2008.
Chicago: University of Chicago, Dept. of Anthropology
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
272 p., Analyzes the relations between macropolitical changes and the lives of people in Alcantara. Chapters detail: (1) the changing social, economic, and ecological lives of Alcantara's villagers; (2) the contested effects of recent multicultural governance in Brazil--specifically remanescentes das comunidades dos quilombos (escaped-slave descended communities); (3) how state-sanctioned experts in Alcantara help shape people's understanding of the region's deep social inequality; and (4) the circulation of rumors of US plans to undermine Brazil's space program and invade the Amazon forest.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
1 videocassette (45 min.), Documentary on the rural communities in Alcântara, Brazil (in the state of Maranhão), descendants of the quilombos founded by Blacks who had escaped from slavery. The documentary explores the communities' historical narratives, rituals, festivals, use of land and natural resources, and describes the displacement of families for the construction and expansion of the Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara (a launching base for rockets and satellites).
