Quilombo D'Oiti: sentidos e significados de quilombo em uma organização política comunitária afrodiaspórica.

Abstract

The quilombo is a phenomenon of Black social organization that emerged during the colonial period in places where African peoples were enslaved, arising from escape and the formation of groups to create conditions for survival in freedom. In Brazil, quilombos spread throughout the country, assuming diverse proportions and forms of organization, constituting numerous territorialities and ways of life that have persisted to the present day. Throughout history, the concept of quilombo has been influenced by different theoretical, political, and social perspectives, undergoing reinterpretations that have led to its institutionalization, and consequently, to the rights and duties accessible to remaining quilombo communities today. In a context marked by racism and intensified racial warfare in Brazil, the community organization Casa do Boneco - Quilombo D’Oiti self-determines as a contemporary quilombo, through the occupation of an autonomous territory via community organizational work, aiming to construct structures that offer possibilities for life and development to the Black community. The initiative stems from the understanding that there is a historical continuum of disadvantage imposed on Black people in the country, pointing to the ongoing need for self-organization, of which quilombos represent a synthesis. This research aims to present, through a methodological approach of militant anthropology, the meanings and significance of quilombo based on the contemporary experience of quilombo protagonized by Casa do Boneco - Quilombo D’Oiti, in Itacaré/BA, from a political-organizational perspective confronting the racist Brazilian state.