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Etnobotânica e Cultura Afro-Brasileira by Mazai Oliveira Azevedo is a document available to read on EtoBox.

[SUMMARY] This document discusses the transmission of ethnobotanical knowledge from Africa to Brazil during the slave trade. It traces the cultural routes of this knowledge from the transatlantic period to present day, looking at places like candomblé temples, quilombos (runaway slave settlements), and backyards in Belo Horizonte. The goal is to understand how Yoruba and Bantu cultures adapted to Brazil while maintaining ethnobotanical practices. It analyzes the construction and survival of these tradition

Author

Mazai Oliveira Azevedo

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PT