From (In) Involvement to (In) Territorialization of the Quilombola de Negros de Gilú Community, in Itacuruba – PE

Abstract

The aim of this study was to describe the trajectory of the quilombolas called Negros de Gilú, in their struggle for permanence on the land from the construction of the Luiz Gonzaga hydroelectric plant in the 1980s of the 20th century by CHESF - Companhia Hidroelétrica do São Francisco, in the locality of Itacuruba , in the state of Pernambuco. It is an exploratory study, developed through documentary research, involving reports and administrative process established by INCRA - National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform; anthropological report issued by UFPE - Federal University of Pernambuco; documents and reports from the Palmares Foundation, which advised this population on the paths to be taken in the search for their ideal, and minutes of deliberative meetings of the Gilú quilombola association, whose compiled data gave rise to this article.