African Heritage in Brazil - Consciousness and Change - Private Walking Tour 4H
The vast majority of enslaved Africans in the American colonies where brought to Brazil, more specifically to Rio de Janeiro.
In a recent discovery, a slave cemetery was found in Downtown area of Rio, where the Olympic Boulevard is now built. They also found an old port that received the largest number of enslaved Africans in the world. Cais do Valongo (Valongo Warf) is now recognized as a UNESCO Heritage Site as "one of the sensitive places on Earth". In this tour, we will learn how black people in Brazil resisted and resignified (and still do) their lives in the Diaspora. We will talk about samba, Carnaval, capoeira, African religions, food, quilombos and so on. We will also talk about politics and structural racism. This is not so much a leisurely tour, but it is about education, memory and perception change.
Itinerary:
- Meet and greet at MAR Museum - Praça Mauá - Largo da Prainha - Pedra do Sal - Cais do Valongo - Cemitério dos Pretos Novos - Museu da Historia e Cultura Afro-Brasileira - At the end of the tour I will show you how to use public transportation back to your hotel or help you with taxi or UBER.
