Black women break babaçu coconuts for making oil, Maranhão state, Brazil.


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 marginalized non-slave Brazilians that faced oppression during colonization.


Size: 3400px × 5100px
Location: Agrovila Marudá , a Quilombo in Alcântara, Maranhão State, Northeast Brazil.
Photo credit: © Ricardo Funari / BrazilPhotos / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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