Culturas africanas no Brasil / Moacyr Flores.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flores, Moacyr, author.

Language:

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Brazil--Civilization--African influences.

Brazil.

Black people--Brazil--Social life and customs.

Black people.

Physical Description:

112 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Porto Alegre : EST Edições, 2024.

Summary:

This book examines African cultures in Brazil, focusing on the history of conquest and transformations that occurred under the slave system. It provides an overview of different African cultures and their interactions with European colonization, discussing topics such as ancient African civilizations, daily life, the foreign gaze, slave trade, slavery in Brazil, emancipation laws, African myths, and Afro-Brazilian cultural representations. The author aims to encourage reflection on the complex cultural exchanges and transformations resulting from the enslavement and forced migration of Africans to Brazil.

Contents:

Introdução

Antigas civilizações africanas

Antigos reinos africanos

Vida cotidiana

Olhar estrangeiro

Tráfico e escravidão

Escravidão no Brasil

Contrabando de escravos

Quilombo da ilha Barba Negra

Leis de emancipação

Liberdade dos escravos

Princesa Isabel

Os Mitos Africanos

Representações afro-brasileiras.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786589717362

6589717362

OCLC:

1492587765