University of Illinois history professo Marc Hertzman's new book is "After Palmares: Diaspora, Inheritance, and the Afterlives of Zumbi." (IMAGE)

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University of Illinois history professo Marc Hertzman's new book is "After Palmares: Diaspora, Inheritance, and the Afterlives of Zumbi."

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign history professor Marc Hertzman examined the longest-lasting society formed by people who escaped slavery and their descendants in Brazil and how its memory shapes concepts of Black resistance and national identity today in his new book, “After Palmares: Diaspora, Inheritance, and the Afterlives of Zumbi.”

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