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Quilombola Communities in Brazil: Advances and Struggles in the Face of Setbacks Experienced in the Current Neoliberal Scenario

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The present work develops a historical systematization of the quilombola movement in Brazil. The study seeks to present the advances achieved in the struggle for recognition and access to public policies, as well as the challenges experienced by quilombola communities in the face of the current setback to guaranteeing rights. Approximately 3168 communities are recognized in the country, with only 218 of these having title to their lands, equivalent to only 8.7% of the total certified quilombola communities in Brazil. The difficulties encountered are still related to structural policies, such as lack of energy, water, and transport, which ends up compromising access to public services. Despite the setbacks, the communities are articulated in the struggle for recognition and the guarantee of basic rights, presenting a diversity of strategies that enable the affirmation of their territories and ways of living.

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    Abdias do Nascimento (1914–2011) was an actor, poet, writer, playwright, plastic artist, university professor, politician, and activist for the civil and human rights of Black Brazilian populations. He founded pioneering entities such as the Teatro Experimental do Negro (TEN), the Museum of Black Art (MAN), and the Afro-Brazilian Research and Studies Institute (IPEAFRO). He was the creator of Zumbi Memorial and the Black Unified Movement (MNU) and worked in national and international movements such as the Brazilian Black Front, Negritude, and Pan-Africanism.

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    Clóvis S. de Assis Moura (1925–2003) was a Brazilian sociologist, journalist, historian, and writer, under the Marxist perspective, and developed the so-called sociology of Black praxis.

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    Maria Beatriz Nascimento (1942–1995), born in Sergipe, was a historian, teacher, screenwriter, poet, and human rights activist for Black Brazilians and women.

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    Large sugar-producing property, with an agricultural function for the production of sugarcane by large areas of cane fields, and another for processing – the casa-do-engenho – for the manufacture of sugar, brandy, and molasses.

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    See https://cpisp.org.br/mais-uma-mudanca-titulacao-de-terras-quilombolas-vai-para-a-casa-civil/.

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    See https://jus.com.br/artigos/56344/poder-de-policia-da-funai-impasses-na-prestacao-do-servico-publico.

  7. 7.

    See https://www.conjur.com.br/2021-fev-24/stf-suspende-processos-quilombolas-durante-epidemia.

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    To see more: https://quilombolascontraracistas.org.br/.

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Fernandes, S.L., Macedo, J.P. (2021). Quilombola Communities in Brazil: Advances and Struggles in the Face of Setbacks Experienced in the Current Neoliberal Scenario. In: Leite, J.F., Dimenstein, M., Dantas, C., Macedo, J.P. (eds) Psychology and Rural Contexts. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82996-4_10

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