Zumbi dos palmares biography of mahatma
Zumbi of Palmares: An Afro-Brazilian Warriors Legacy.
Zumbi dos palmares biography of mahatma
Zumbi
Afro-Brazilian freed slave; king of Quilombo dos Palmares (r. 1680–95)
For other uses, see Zumbi (disambiguation).
| Zumbi dos Palmares | |
|---|---|
Zumbi (1927) by Antônio Parreiras | |
| Reign | 1680–1695 |
| Predecessor | Ganga Zumba |
| Successor | Camuanga (de jure) of the resistance, kingdom destroyed. |
| Born | Francisco Nzumbi 1655 (1655) Serra da Barriga, Captaincy of Pernambuco, Portuguese America (present-day União dos Palmares, Alagoas, Brazil) |
| Died | 20 November 1695 (aged 39–40) Serra Dois Irmãos, Captaincy of Pernambuco, Portuguese America (present-day Viçosa, Alagoas, Brazil) |
| Spouse | Dandara |
Zumbi (c. 1655 – November 20, 1695), also known as Zumbi dos Palmares (Portuguese pronunciation:[zũˈbiduspɐwˈmaɾis]), was a Brazilian quilombola leader and one of the pioneers of resistance to enslavement of Africans by the Portuguese in colonial Brazil.
He was also the last of the kings of the Quilombo dos Palmares, a settlement of Afro-Br