Zumbi was the legendary leader of the great Palmares, one of the largest ever quilombo's (communities of Africans who had escaped slavery) in the North of Brasil. He was said to have been the Nephew of an African Princess, and for many years Zumbi's leadership thwarted the many attempts of the Portuguese to capture him and destroy Palmares. His eventual defeat and death has since been marked as national black consciousness day by the modern black movement in Brazil.

You can find out more about Zumbi dos Palmares at the following web sites:
http://www.oneworld.org/sejup/race.htm
http://www.britannica.com/
http://ngilegacy.com/departements/history.htm
http://www.press.jhu.edu/demo/callaloo/18.4introduction.html


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