Zumbi dos Palamares Malungo is a unique example in Brazilian literature, being the first musical play dedicated to the Afro-Brazilian hero Zumbi, governor of quilombo dos Palmares. The play has an intrinsic memorial value, as it recalls the fight for the liberation from slavery in the country, a long-silenced chapter of Brazilian history. Merging memories and historical facts with ritual elements coming from Yoruba religion, the play – unpublished and never represented – is a multicultural archive of transculturation in Brazil, denouncing the perversity of the colonial system in a sublimated representation while promoting values of peaceful coexistence.
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