Amplifying the Voices of Quilombola Communities Through Community-Based Tourism and Cultural Preservation in Alcântara, Brazil

For centuries, the Quilombola communities in Alcântara have endured hardships from global and state violence and oppression – to which they have resisted and cultivated rich cultures and a shared sense of identity through collective ways of living. However, in the past few decades, the Brazilian state and international allies, such as the United States, have pursued renewed efforts to extract, displace, and exploit the Quilombola communities who call Alcântara home for the race to space. In the past few years, harmful patterns of the past have continued to materialize for the Quilombos in Alcântara through efforts to advance capitalist…