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  • Prof's book describes Black struggle for land rights, reparations in Brazil

    May 11, 2021 9:15 am by Jodi HeckelResearch
    “For Land and Liberty: Black Struggles in Rural Brazil” was published in April by Cambridge University Press as part of its Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora series.

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    • “For Land and Liberty: Black Struggles in Rural Brazil” was published in April by Cambridge University Press as part of its Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora series.

    African American studies professor Merle Bowen argues that rural Black residents in Brazil deserve land reparations for the ongoing appropriation of their land by the Brazilian government and private interests.