SYNOPSIS

This historical reparation performance by Nego Fugido places Black people at the center of the struggle that led to the abolition of slavery. The popular manifestation, born in the quilombola community of Acupe in Bahia, narrates—through apparitions—the saga of enslaved people who, in battle, subdue the King of Portugal and demand a letter of manumission. The performances take place annually in the streets in July, amid a series of quilombola cultural expressions such as samba de roda, capoeira, and the appearances of Caretas, Mandus, and Bombachos—symbolic elements fundamental to identifying a past marked by the enslavement of African populations.