Tambor de Crioula celebration at Itamatatiua Quilombo in Alcântara, Maranhão State, Northeast Brazil.

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A quilombo is a Brazilian hinterland settlement founded by people of African origin. Most of the inhabitants of quilombos were escaped former slaves and, in some cases, a minority of marginalised non-slave Brazilians that faced oppression during colonization.

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Location: Itamatatiua Quilombo in Alcântara, Maranhão State, Northeast Brazil.
Photo credit: © Ricardo Funari / BrazilPhotos / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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