African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
videorecording; 1 videodisc (75 min.), Provides a portrait of rural communities in Brazil that were either founded by runaway slaves or began from abandoned plantations. This type of community is known as a quilombo, from an Angolan word that means "encampment." As many as 2,000 quilombos exist today.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
189 p., Contents: A África, a diáspora, o Brasil africano e os quilombos - algumas referências historiográficas -- O contexto geográfico das comunidades e dos territórios quilombolas contemporâneos -- Mapeamento dos registros municipais dos territórios quilombolas do Brasil.
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.
Rio de Janeiro: Ministério da Educação e Cultura, Departamento de Assuntos Culturais, Fundação Nacional de Arte, Campanha de Defesa do Folclore Brasileiro
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
