Afro-American material cultures were invented in both the senzalas - for those in captivity - and the quilombos and mocambos. The extent of African cultural reinventions redeveloped historically on the various edges of the Atlantic suggests multifaceted processes. Location, designations and social roles may suggest political, military, religious and material forms of organization inside the mocambos. Such organizations may have originated from both African traditions and their reworkings in the diaspora.  
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[^0]:    10 Jorge Sá Pinto, personal report, September 2013.