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The quilombola community of primeira lagoa in Ceará-Mirim, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil: memory and resistance in its process of ethnogenesis
Geraldo Barboza de Oliveira Junior
Received: April 13, 2026 | Published: May 29, 2026
Citation: Junior GBO. The quilombola community of primeira lagoa in Ceará-Mirim, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil: memory and resistance in its process of ethnogenesis. Open Access J Sci. 2026;9(1):240-244. DOI: 10.15406/oajs.2026.09.00307
Abstract
This article presents the findings of an anthropological consultancy conducted in 2022 for the Municipal Secretariat for Women, Minorities, and Racial Equality of Ceará-Mirim, (State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil) with the triple objective of: 1) diagnosing the Quilombola Community of Primeira Lagoa (focusing on socioeconomic and environmental aspects); 2) developing an educational booklet; and 3) providing specific advisory services during the quilombola certification process with the Federal Government (at Fundação Palmares). The study, which includes an assessment of the community’s social, economic, environmental, and cultural vulnerabilities, was based on a methodology combining oral history, pedagogical research with quilombola teachers, participant observation, and a socioeconomic and environmental diagnostic. The most significant outcomes include the legitimization of oral history, revealing the community’s foundation by runaway enslaved women and an indigenous woman, the certification as a Quilombo Remnant, and the subsequent reopening of the local school. These results demonstrate the importance of memory, kinship, and quilombola activism for ensuring full citizenship and valuing the identity of Primeira Lagoa.
Keywords: quilombola community, primeira lagoa, oral history, quilombola certification
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