Malungos e Parentes: "sumário contra os pretos de Angola do continente de Pernambuco" (1779)

Resumo O artigo analisa a ação de um capitão, Antônio Vieira de Melo, senhor de ter-ras, que assolou o sertão do Ararobá, em Pernambuco no século XVIII, utilizan-dose de violência para coagir pessoas a tornarem-se seus vaqueiros, uma vez que se autointitulava proprietário daquelas terras. Analisam-se três aspectos: o pri-meiro refere-se às denúncias dos mora-dores contra o capitão; o segundo, ao modo como ele conseguiu apoio de indí-genas para a formação de sua milícia, ge-rando ondas de violência e perseguições; finalmente, o terceiro, à solução das au-toridades para reduzir seu poderio, com base apenas na discussão sobre a legali-dade da posse de suas terras. Palavras-chave: conflito de terras; vio-lência no campo; Brasil colonial. Abstract This article analyzes the actions of a captain, Antônio Vieira de Melo, a lord of a territory, who ravaged the sertão of Ararobá, Pernambuco, in the eighteenth century, using violence to coerce people and make them in to his vaqueiros, as he had self-titled himself lord of those lands. Three aspects ae analyzed: the first refers to the inhabitants' accusations against the captain; the second, how he managed to get support from indigenous people to form his militia, creating waves of violence and persecution; finally , the third, the solution of the authorities to reduce his power, based on the discussion of the legality of the possession of his land. Keywords: land conflict; violence in the countryside; colonial Brazil.

Africa, 2021

'Chronicles of Bailundo’ is a fragmentary account of life in Bailundo, Central Angola. The manuscript, whose authorship and exact date are unknown, is available at the archives of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) at Houghton Library, Harvard University. It was written in Umbundu, the vernacular spoken in Bailundo, by North American Congregational missionaries between 1903 and the 1930s. Although the source mentions no dates, it refers roughly to the period between the seventeenth century and the gradual establishment of Portuguese colonial rule and Christian missions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It gives access to both the Umbundu then spoken in Bailundo and the perspective of Umbundu-speaking subjects on what it was like to live in this polity. The source addresses socio-cultural, political and economic aspects of life in Bailundo as well as significant historical events, such as the Bailundo War (1902–03). The text in Umbundu, published as supplementary material with this article, has been transcribed, translated into Portuguese and English, and annotated. The version published following the main introduction of the article presents an annotated sample of the source in English. The full version, published as supplementary material, comprises the complete original in Umbundu, its complete annotated translation into English, and a complete annotated translation into Portuguese. The article addresses the authorship, contents, form and context of production of the source.

Francisco Bethencourt and Adrian Pearce, Racism and Ethnic Relations in the Portuguese-Speaking World, Oxford University Press, 2012

From the last quarter of the sixteenth century until 1850, most of Brazil and Angola formed a South Atlantic System sustained by an intercolonial trade that complemented, albeit often contradictorily, exchanges between these regions and Portugal. Bilateral trade and the movements of merchants, militiamen, royal servants and missionaries, fostered relations between the Portuguese enclaves on either side of the South Atlantic. Typically, ships from Lisbon travelling to and from Angola called at Brazilian harbours, and during this period, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro and Pernambuco were closer to Luanda and Benguela than to Maranhão and Pará. In fact, thanks to winds and maritime routes, the former three captaincies were socially, economically and geographically closer to Angola than they were to the Brazilian territories to the north of Cape São Roque (in the modern state of Rio Grande do Norte), comprising the Estado do Grão Pará e Maranhão. Therefore, to compare colonial Brazil and Angola is to bring together two parts of a social space also shared (in South America) with Amerindians. Both regions were also Slaves societies, such that Portuguese and African cultures collided and mingled in both.

2015

This book presents a complete analysis, a facsimile, and a semi-diplomatic edition of the first known Angolan language grammar, entitled Arte da Lingua de Angola, oeferecida [sic] a Virgem Senhora N[ossa] do Rosario, Mãy, e Senhora dos mesmos Pretos [Grammar of the Language of Angola, Offered to our Virgin Mother of the Rosary, and Lady of the Same Negroes] (Lisbon, 1697), written by Pedro Dias, S.J. (1621/22–1700).

Itinerario, 2015

The Portuguese were keen slave traders on the west central coast of Africa in the early modern period, but governors in Angola appear to have been increasingly unhappy about certain aspects of enslavement in relation to debt, and in particular that of children. Slavery for debt was uncommon in early modern Europe, where three arguments, drawn from Roman law, were usually cited by way of justification: birth; war; and self-sale. Cavazzi, an Italian Capuchin missionary travelling around Angola between 1654 and 1665, suggested several similarities between the legal justifications for slavery in Africa and Europe, but also pointed up a major difference: while in Angola in the early modern period enslavement could result from a number of instances of default, in Portugal at the same time - and in Europe more widely – debtors tended to find themselves imprisoned if they defaulted on a payment, rather than enslaved. This paper will consider the nature of debt enslavement in Angola in the e...

E-journal of Portuguese History, 2018

Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology & Heritage, 2013

African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter, 2007

2017

Existe uma hipótese de que os países ricos em recursos estão condenados à desordem política e ao desenvolvimento atrofiado, devido às elites domésticas e à sua insaciável busca de proveitos econômicos. Esta tese de “maldição dos recursos” persiste, apesar de dúvidas crescentes entre os estudiosos de que a tese oferece explicações adequadas. Com Angola como caso central, este artigo discute a tese e seus debates. Apesar de uma plausibilidade inicial, a tese de “maldição” explica o caso angolano de forma inadequada. Melhores explicações sobre as aflições do país podem ser construídas por meio da análise da economia política do país ao longo do tempo, especialmente a sua trajetória historicamente extravertida, sem desenvolvimento. Os remédios devem ser buscados globalmente se os incentivos que afetem as elites forem mudados.