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The mocambos (from mocambo, literally Huts) were village-sized communities mainly of runaway slaves in colonial Brazil, during Portuguese rule. A mocambo differed from a quilombo in size; a quilombo, like the Quilombo dos Palmares, might embrace many distinct mocambos. The terms were not always used consistently, however.
In 1992, the Rio Curiaú Environmental Protection Area was established for the inhabitants of Curiaú de Dentro, Curiaú de Fora, Casa Grande, Curralinho and Mocambo. [33] The area is located near the capital Macapá and measures 21,676 hectares (53,560 acres). [34] As of 1999, the protected area is home to about 1,500 people. [33]
El Mocambo is a live music and entertainment venue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located on Spadina Avenue , just south of College Street , the venue has played an important role in the development of popular music in Toronto since 1948.
The four-LP vinyl version of “El Mocambo” will come in two variants, black and a “neon” version with the discs in different hues. The full rundown of tracks: 1. Honky Tonk Women (Live at ...
Mocambo (restaurant), a restaurant in Kolkata, West Bengal, India El Mocambo , a live music and entertainment venue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Theobroma bicolor , commonly known as the mocambo tree, a Central and South American species which produces edible fruit and is related to the better-known Theobroma cacao (cocoa tree)
Ganga is said to have been the son of princess Aqualtune, daughter of an unknown king of Kongo.She led a battalion at the Battle of Mbwila.. The Portuguese won the battle, eventually killing 5,000 men and capturing the king, his two sons, his two nephews, four governors, various court officials, 95 title holders and 400 other nobles, who were put on ships and sold as slaves in the Americas.
Colombian migrants deported from the United States in the early days of President Donald Trump's administration say they experienced degrading treatment, but some said they still want to try and ...
Palmares, or Quilombo dos Palmares, was a quilombo, a community of escaped slaves and others, in colonial Brazil that developed from 1605 until its suppression in 1694. It was located in the captaincy of Pernambuco, in what is today the Brazilian state of Alagoas.