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- proper noun The famous leader of the Quilombo dos Palmares, located in
Brazil ,South America .
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Examples
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The subject in this piece is Zumbi, whose love of books inspired him to start collecting them from landfill.
A Modern Marat 2010
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Zumbi eventually started a library for the pickers.
A Modern Marat 2010
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Vik Muniz "The Sower (Zumbi), from Pictures of Garbage, 2008" is loosely based on the painting by Jean-Francois Millet.
A Modern Marat 2010
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Four of Seu Jorge's new band Almaz are still members of Chico Science's former group Nação Zumbi.
Seu Jorge and Almaz – review Robin Denselow 2010
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Each Nov. 20, on Black Consciousness Day, Brazilians commemorate the life of Zumbi, a slave who escaped from Portuguese colonizers and led a vibrant 17th-century quilombo called Palmares.
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According to Battel, the “Giaghi” corpse was seated as if alive in a vault; in this “infernal and noisome dungeon” were placed two wives with their arms broken, and thus there was no danger of the Zumbi or ghost killing men by reapparition.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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Their leader, Zumbi, continued resistance until 1695, when he was captured and executed.
1693 2001
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These concrete plans will ensure the victory of the struggle of Zumbi and
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These concrete plans will ensure the victory of the struggle of Zumbi and Quilombos, the struggles of Shaka and Moshoeshoe.
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According to Battel, the "Giaghi" corpse was seated as if alive in a vault; in this "infernal and noisome dungeon" were placed two wives with their arms broken, and thus there was no danger of the Zumbi or ghost killing men by reapparition.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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