Kalunga significa 'fala, dizer, conversa' e foi a forma de comunicação dos escravizados e seus descendentes no Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaíba desde o século XVIII; ouça áudios. Tanto é que, pouco ...
Amid the recurrent problems with land invaders, the Kalunga communities who have lived for over 300 years in the Chapada dos Veadeiros, in Goiás state, central Brazil, saw an important achievement ...
The Kalunga represents a grouping of 39 traditional quilombola communities — the descendants of runaway slaves — living on a territory covering 262,000 hectares (647,000 acres) in Goiás state in ...
Agricultura familiar e o turismo de base comunitária possibilitam que o povo Kalunga possa sobreviver e ter autonomia. Quilombolas ainda lutam pela regularização fundiária.
When Jorge Moreira de Oliveira's great-great-great-great-great-grandfather arrived in Brazil in the 18th century he was counted off the slave-ship, branded and dispatched to a goldmine deep in the ...
Electricity is rare in the remote Kalunga villages, but diesel and kerosene lamps are dangerous. Could solar power from plastic bottles be the answer? Project goal: Bringing light to remote ...
Renewable technology is bringing light into the lives of Kalunga people, descendants of slaves living in remote communities in Brazil. Now, solar powered lamps made from recycled bottles are extending ...