A conquista do território da Comunidade Quilombola Bonfim, Areia - PB.

Abstract

The present graduation thesis has as objective of study to make an analyzes of the importance of the construction of the identity of the quilombola community in its recognition process, its struggles, memory and resistances for the emacipation and conquest of the territory. This study was possible through consultations of written sources, as well as narratives, interviews with residents and field visits that took place during the research period. Thus, this research shows how identify and understand how oral narratives are important in building the cultural identity of a place and contribute to the formation of a particular territory. Through the analysis of these reports it allowed us to understand how the tensions, disputes and conflicts that involve the construction of memory, identity and conquest of a territory, are currently for the selfidentification process of a determined community that selfrecognizes o quilombola for the guarantee of their basic rights and specific public policies. At the same time, access to these rights guarantees the reproduction and maintenance of the quilombola way of life and visibility, reinforcing and framing a certain memory with shared identity elements in the territory. The quilombo community of Bonfim faced many conflicts, threats and resistance until the process of its recognition and titling of its territory.