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Clique aqui para Por<\/strong>tugu\u00eas<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

For the original article in Portuguese by Alba Val\u00e9ria Mendon\u00e7a published in G1, click here<\/a>.
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In the context of contemporary Brazil where President Bolsonaro has acted to reduce references<\/a> to Afro- and indigenous Brazilian historical figures in textbooks, it was a very big deal last week when the Mangueira samba school was crowned the winner\u00a0of Rio’s 2019 Carnaval with a theme that highlighted the ‘other side’ of Brazil\u2019s history. Historical and present-day figures were featured in the samba parade titled ‘A Bedtime Story for Grown-Ups.’<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Primeira de Mangueira<\/a> samba school [of the Mangueira favela in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone] was crowned the winner of Rio de Janeiro’s 2019 carnival with the samba titled “A Bedtime Story for Grown-Ups<\/a>” by creative director Leandro Viera, paying homage to important figures in Brazil’s history who are hardly mentioned in the country’s history books.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Check out the historical and contemporary figures referenced in Mangueira\u2019s samba parade. The theme song by Deivid Dom\u00eanico, Tomaz Miranda, Mama, Marcio Bola, Ronie Oliveira,\u00a0and Danilo Firmino was selected in October 2018, receiving a score of ten from each judge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leci Brand\u00e3o
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Leci Brand\u00e3o<\/a> is a singer, songwriter,\u00a0and politician. Brand\u00e3o was the first woman to join Mangueira\u2019s group of composers and is one of the greatest advocates of samba to this day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jamel\u00e3o<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Jos\u00e9 Bispo Clementino dos Santos, a cobbler and newspaper vendor, became known as “Jamel\u00e3o” after he began interpreting Mangueira’s sambas in 1949, becoming the school\u2019s lead singer from 1952 to 2006. He passed away in 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dandara<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Dandara was married to Zumbi dos Palmares<\/a> and was part of the largest community of fugitive slaves in the country. When captured in 1694, she threw herself into a quarry to avoid being re-enslaved. She had three children with Zumbi.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aqualtune<\/strong>
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Aqualtune<\/a> was an African princess, the daughter of a Congolese king who was enslaved and brought to Brazil. The mother of Ganga Zumba and grandmother of Zumbi, she had political, organizational, and strategic knowledge of war and played a fundamental role in the creation of a black state, the Palmares Republic<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cariri<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Cariri<\/a> were diverse indigenous ethnic groups that occupied a large area in the Northeast of Brazil<\/a>. They organized themselves into a confederation and were called barbarians.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cunhambebe<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Cunhambebe<\/a> was a Tupinamb\u00e1<\/a> indigenous leader who, in the 16th century, led the Tamoios Confederation\u2014an indigenous revolt against the Portuguese settlers between 1554 and 1567.<\/span><\/p>\n

Caboclos de Julho<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Caboclos de Julho were forces that expelled the Portuguese troops, establishing the independence of the state of Bahia<\/a> on July 2, 1823.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘Drag\u00e3o do Mar de Aracati,’ or ‘Chico da Matilde’<\/strong><\/h4>\n

“Drag\u00e3o do Mar de Aracati” and “Chico da Matilde” are nicknames for Francisco Jos\u00e9 do Nascimento<\/a>, a man who achieved liberation for slaves in the Northeastern state of Cear\u00e1 four years before the signing of Lei \u00c1urea<\/a>, the law that abolished slavery in Brazil.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sep\u00e9 Tiaraju<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Sep\u00e9 Tiaraju<\/a> was a Brazilian indigenous warrior, considered to be a people\u2019s saint and declared a “Guarani<\/a> hero and missionary of Rio Grande do Sul” by law. An indigenous chief to the peoples of the\u00a0Seven Missions<\/a>, he led a rebellion against the Treaty of Madrid<\/a>, which ordered their removal from the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lu\u00edsa Mahin<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Lu\u00edsa Mahin<\/a> was a former slave born in Africa who took part in organizing slave revolts and uprisings such as the Mal\u00ea Revolt<\/a> in Bahia in the first decades of the 19th century.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mal\u00ea<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Mal\u00ea was a term used in Brazil in the 19th century for black Muslims who could read and write Arabic. They are known for the Mal\u00ea Revolt, which took place in 1835 in Bahia, in Brazil’s Northeast.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jos\u00e9 Piolho<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Jos\u00e9 Piolho was the leader of Quilombo do Piolho, in the state of Mato Grosso, which in the second half of the 18th century brought together blacks born in both Africa and Brazil, indigenous peoples, whites,\u00a0and cafuzos<\/em> (mixed race individuals born of black and indigenous parents).<\/span><\/p>\n

Tereza de Benguela<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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\nTereza de Benguela<\/a> is the wife of Jos\u00e9 Piolho. She became the queen of Quilombo Quariter\u00ea after her husband’s death. Under her leadership, the black and indigenous community resisted slavery for twenty years, surviving until 1770 when the quilombo<\/em> was destroyed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Esperan\u00e7a Garcia<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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\nEsperan\u00e7a Garcia is regarded as the first female black female lawyer in Piau\u00ed, in Brazil’s Northeast. In 1770, Garcia sent a petition to\u00a0Gon\u00e7alo Louren\u00e7o Botelho de Castro, president of the Province of S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 do Piau\u00ed at the time, denouncing maltreatment and physical abuse against her and her son at the hands of the farm supervisor where she was held captive.<\/span><\/p>\n

Manoel Congo<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Manoel Congo<\/a> was the leader of the largest slave rebellion in the Para\u00edba Valley (in the present-day state of S\u00e3o Paulo). The revolt occurred in the town of Paty do Alferes, south of Rio de Janeiro. Congo was captured and hanged in 1838.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mariana Crioula<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Mariana Crioula was a slave born in Brazil. She was a seamstress and maid to the wife of Captain-General Manuel Francisco Xavier. She was described as a “black pet” and as one of their most docile and reliable slaves. She joined Manoel Congo in an escape of about 300 slaves. She was put on trial and after being acquitted she was forced to attend Manoel Congo’s public execution.<\/span><\/p>\n

Acotirene<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Acotirene would have been the first person to reach Quilombo dos Palmares before Ganga Zumba<\/a> took over. He advised the first black refugees at Cerca Real dos Macacos in Serra da Barriga (in the Northeastern state of Alagoas).<\/span><\/p>\n

Carolina Maria de Jesus<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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\nCarolina Maria de Jesus<\/a> was a Brazilian writer known for her book Child of the Dark<\/em><\/a>, originally published in 1960. She is considered one of the first and most important black female writers in Brazil.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aleijadinho<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Ant\u00f4nio Francisco Lisboa, better known as Aleijadinho<\/a>, was an important sculptor, carver, and architect in colonial Brazil.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marielle Franco
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Marielle Franco<\/a> was born in Mar\u00e9<\/a>, a favela in Rio\u2019s North Zone<\/a>. She graduated and was elected as a city councilor for the Socialism and Liberty Party<\/a> (PSOL) in 2016. A fighter, Marielle defended the causes<\/a> of women, black people, and favela residents. Marielle was assassinated on March 14, 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch the full parade below (or click here<\/a>):<\/h3>\n