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Agudás – Os Brasileiros Do Benin

Agudás – Os Brasileiros Do Benin

2024 · 97 min · Documentary

The film portrays the trajectory and life of the “Agudá” people today. This is a group of descendants of Africans enslaved in Brazil, who returned to their homeland with the end of slavery, and also descendants, Brazilian and Portuguese, of slave traffickers, who settled in that region of Africa in the 18th and XIX. Present in Benin and Togo, the “agudás” assimilated the surname and part of the culture of their masters.

Directed by Aida Marques · Written by Milton Guran

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