Histórias e Memórias da Comunidade Quilombola Castainho em Garanhuns-PE (2000 a 2020).

Abstract

This work demonstrates an overview of the situation of quilombola communities, entering the local history, deals with the identity, culture and territoriality of this people from the research on the stories and memories of the Quilombola Castainho Community, located in the municipality of Garanhuns-PE, with an approach to the history of the present time, in the time frame from the year 2000 to the year 2020, and as a result, a product was obtained, specifically an informative and illustrative booklet of the stories and memories of the Castainho community. For that, historiographical, documentary and iconographic researches were carried out, highlighting visual aspects through photographs, and memory, through the Oral History research method, with interviews, from which experiences and resistances were demonstrated in the trajectory of the community to obtain the recognition and titling of the lands traditionally occupied collectively, with the exposition of how the inhabitants of this community recognize themselves, through personal and illustrative accounts of their traditions, history, memory and Afro-Brazilian culture, contributing to the history of time present and memory of the quilombolas of the Castainho Community.