Today is Black Awareness Day in Brazil, a holiday observed annually on November 20 as a day "to celebrate a regained awareness by the black community about their great worth and contribution to the country". Let's learn more about it, shall we? pic.twitter.com/pLMVU5B2iW

— vit (@oceanyia) November 20, 2018

Despite being born free, Zumbi was captured and handed in to Portuguese missionaries when he was about six years old. Baptized as 'Francisco', Zumbi received the sacraments, learned Portuguese and Latin, and helped daily in the celebration of the mass pic.twitter.com/nKnn2l0muQ

— vit (@oceanyia) November 20, 2018

The leader of Quilombo dos Palmares, at the end of the fifteenth century, was Ganga Zumba, Zumbi's uncle. In 1678, the governor of Pernambuco offered a peace agreement to Ganga Zumba, who accepted, but not all quilombolas agreed pic.twitter.com/01CQUbUJTC

— vit (@oceanyia) November 20, 2018

Zumbi is considered one of the great leaders in the whole of Brazilian history, being a symbol of the struggle against slavery. He also fought for freedom of practices of African culture/religious worship in the country pic.twitter.com/di2cruixjf

— vit (@oceanyia) November 20, 2018

Also, you can pay a visit to Serra da Barriga, the region that used to be home of Palmares. It's located around 80km~ away from the capital of Alagoas, in northeastern Brazil. pic.twitter.com/38bB1D1Pbi

— vit (@oceanyia) November 20, 2018

handy links for further reading

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— vit (@oceanyia) November 20, 2018