The visibility and recognition of all existing and territorialized African matrices in modern-day Brazil constitute the main societal challenge of a continental country, with the presence of harmful and racist daily practices in almost all dimensions of the current system. Figure 10 graphically shows the size of the African and Afro-Brazilian matrices that resist and survive in the territory (maracatú, capoeira, Xangô, Rio Abaixo, types of samba, contemporary quilombos, among others), as well as the distribution of the population of African origin in practically the entire geographical space. It also shows the current diasporic movements, such as the globalization of capoeira, with significant records on all continents except Africa (we have a paradox here) and the recent displacements of African populations from the Congo (Congo River basin) and various points in the Caribbean towards Brazil (entry via the northern region). This document also maps the territories of the traditional 'Indigenous' peoples (Brazil, much like other countries, has not been able to resolve this colonial denomination of the traditional communities resulting from territorial occupation). It is clear that the spatial distribution being concentrated in the north-north-east area of the country is due to the long-standing process of expulsion of these peoples through European territorial domination.  
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figure io. African Brazil (Twentieth and Twenty-first centuries).
Source: Anjos, 2014b