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Luís Cláudio Pereira SYMANSKI is a Professor of archaeology at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2013 to present) and served as a Professor at the Federal University of Paraná (2008-2012). He holds a Ph.D. in archaeology from the University of Florida and a Masters in history from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul. His research focus on African diasporic archaeological sites in Brazil.  
Flávio dos Santos GOMES is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), an appointment he took up in 1998, after a four-year tenure as Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Pará. He received two undergraduate degrees, one in history from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (1989) and the other in social science from UFRJ (1990). He completed his postgraduate work at the State University of Campinas, earning a master's degree (1993) and Ph.D. (1997) in history.