## Section III: Chapter 3  
Nielson Rosa BEZERRA received his Ph.D. from the Universidade Federal Fluminense, he is a former Banting Fellow (2012-2014), at The Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas, York University, Canada. He is the author of a number of articles and six books on slavery and the African Diaspora in Brazil. He is also the Director of Museum Vivo do São Bento of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro.