Zumbi dos Palmares | |
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![]() Zumbi (1927) by Antônio Parreiras | |
King of Quilombo dos Palmares | |
Reign | 1680–1695 |
Predecessor | Ganga Zumba |
Successor | Camuanga (de jure) of the resistance, kingdom destroyed. |
Born | Francisco Nzumbi 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 |
Religion | Islam |
Zumbi (1655 – November 20, 1695), also known as Zumbi dos Palmares (Portuguese pronunciation: [zũˈbi dus pɐwˈmaɾis]), was a Brazilian quilombola leader and one of the pioneers of resistance to slavery 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-Brazilian people who liberated themselves from enslavement in the present-day state of Alagoas, Brazil. He is revered in Afro-Brazilian culture as a symbol of African freedom.[1]