Rio de Janeiro A Pequena África
A Pequena África Half-Day Tour
A Pequena África
The Pequena África or Little Africa in Rio de Janeiro is an area in the Port region where the African presence has left a living heritage. This area has historically been home to Afro-Brazilian community culture and religion. which perpetuates and is renewed to this day. Little Africa, A Pequena África expresses, therefore, the struggle and resistance of black communities in Rio de Janeiro.
Do you know? Brazil was the destination of at least 40% of all Africans who arrived as captives in the Americas between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. Out of these, about 60% entered through Rio de Janeiro’s port – Almost a quarter of all Africans enslaved in the Americas.
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The city of Rio de Janeiro can be considered the largest port of slavery in the history of mankind. The history and impacts of the slavery trade lined up Brazil’s colonial heritage and contribute to dynamics and exclusions socioeconomic conditions that permeate the whole Brazilian society till nowadays.
Fortunately, it also resulted in the creation of vibrant Brazilian culture, multivocal and multifaceted, rich in cultural matrices, colors, and flavors.
The Pequena Africa (Little Africa)
is the historic home of the Afro-Brazilian community in the Port Region of Rio de Janeiro. The region became known as Pequena Africa after the transatlantic slave trade became illegal in Brazil in 1831 – Although the abolition of slavery in Brazil would only happen 50 years later, in 1888.
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