Meanings of quilombo in English

The quilombo community have also written to Rio mayor Eduardo Paes to complain about environmental destruction.

The interim administration led by Michel Temer has rearranged the ministries responsible for assessing quilombo land claims.

Estimates vary, but government data suggests only about 250 of quilombo settlements have title deeds to their land.

About 20,000 people live on land included in the quilombo concession area, said Almeida, whose family has lived in the area for about 400 years.

Most of their descendants in quilombos are still living below the poverty line.

Many quilombos have no electricity or running water, and live on subsistence farming, handicrafts, or from tourism.

The portraits are based on Paula's recent photographs of the residents of Quilombo Alto do Santana, an Afro-Brazilian community near his home, in Goiânia.