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Brazilians in Nigeria, the Glossary

Brazilians in Nigeria, Amaros or Agudas consist of the descendants of freed Afro-Brazilian slaves who left Brazil and settled in Benin, Togo and Nigeria.^[1]

76 relations: Abeokuta, Abimbola Fernandez, Adetokunbo Ademola, Adeyemo Alakija, Aduke Alakija, Afro-Brazilians, Americo-Liberian people, Antonio Deinde Fernandez, Artisan, Assimilado, Atlantic slave trade, Bankole Cardoso, Benin, Bernardine Evaristo, Bourgeoisie, Brazilian diaspora, Calabar, Candido Da Rocha, Canjica (dish), Cassava, Catholic Church, DJ Caise, DJ Xclusive, Ebute Metta, Egba people, Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi, Emancipados, Emancipation, English language, Epiphany (holiday), Femi Pedro, Francisco Félix de Sousa, Gulf of Guinea, Herbert Macaulay, Holy Cross Cathedral, Lagos, Ibadan, Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, Idewu Ojulari, Iga Idunganran, Igbo people, Islam, J. M. Johnson, Jibril Martin, Joke Silva, Kojo Annan, Lagos, Lagos Colony, Lagos Island, Lagos Treaty of Cession, Languages of Nigeria, ... Expand index (26 more) »
Brazil–Nigeria relations
Brazilian diaspora by country
Brazilian diaspora in Nigeria
Nigerian people of Brazilian descent
People of Liberated African descent
Repatriated Africans

Abeokuta

Abeokuta is the capital city of Ogun State in southwest Nigeria.

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Abimbola Fernandez

Darnel Abimbọla "Bim" Olumegbon Fernandez (born May 25, 1989) is a French-born American heiress and singer.

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Adetokunbo Ademola

Omoba Sir Adetokunbo Adegboyega Ademola (1 February 1906 – 29 January 1993) was a Nigerian jurist who was the Chief Justice of Nigeria from 1958 to 1972.

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Adeyemo Alakija

Oloye Sir Adeyemo Alakija, (25 May 1884 – 10 May 1952) was a Nigerian lawyer, politician and businessman.

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Aduke Alakija

Jaiyeola Aduke Alakija (March 1921 – March 2016) was a Nigerian welfare officer, lawyer and diplomat who was the country's ambassador to Sweden from 1984 to 1987.

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Afro-Brazilians

Afro-Brazilians (afro-brasileiros) are Brazilians who have predominantly sub-Saharan African ancestry (see "preto").

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Americo-Liberian people (also known as Congo people or Congau people),Cooper, Helene, The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood (United States: Simon and Schuster, 2008), p. 6 are a Liberian ethnic group of African American, Afro-Caribbean, and liberated African origin. Brazilians in Nigeria and Americo-Liberian people are people of Liberated African descent and Repatriated Africans.

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Antonio Deinde Fernandez

Oloye Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez of Dudley (12 August 1929 – 1 September 2015) was a Nigerian billionaire, business magnate and diplomat, a Pan-African leader and Permanent Representative of the Central African Republic to the United Nations. Brazilians in Nigeria and Antonio Deinde Fernandez are Nigerian people of Brazilian descent.

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Artisan

An artisan (from artisan, artigiano) is a skilled craft worker who makes or creates material objects partly or entirely by hand.

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Assimilado

Assimilado is the term given to African subjects of the colonizing Portuguese Empire from the 1910s to the 1960s, who had reached a level of "civilization", according to Portuguese legal standards, that theoretically qualified them for full rights as Portuguese citizens.

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Atlantic slave trade

The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people to the Americas.

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Bankole Cardoso

Bankole Cardoso is a Nigerian entrepreneur and co-founder of Easy Taxi Nigeria.

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Benin

Benin (Bénin, Benɛ, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (République du Bénin), and also known as Dahomey, is a country in West Africa.

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Bernardine Evaristo

Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo (born 28 May 1959) is a British author and academic.

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Bourgeoisie

The bourgeoisie are a class of business owners and merchants which emerged in the Late Middle Ages, originally as a "middle class" between peasantry and aristocracy.

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Brazilian diaspora

The Brazilian diaspora is the migration of Brazilians to other countries, a mostly recent phenomenon that has been driven mainly by economic recession and hyperinflation that afflicted Brazil in the 1980s and early 1990s, and since 2014, by the political and economic crisis that culminated in the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff in 2016 and the election of Jair Bolsonaro in 2018, as well as the re-election of Luís Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022, in addition to chronic violence in Brazilian urban centers.

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Calabar

Calabar (also referred to as Callabar, Calabari, Calbari, Cali and Kalabar) is the capital city of Cross River State, Nigeria.

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Candido Da Rocha

Chief Candido Joao Da Rocha (1860 – March 11, 1959) was a Nigerian businessman, landowner and creditor who owned Water House on Kakawa Street, Lagos Island, Lagos, and was the proprietor of the now defunct Bonanza Hotel in Lagos.

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Canjica (dish)

Canjica, mugunzá or mungunzá (these last two are words of African origin) is a Brazilian sweet dish, associated with winter festivals, which in Brazil is in June (Festa Junina).

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Cassava

Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava, manioc,--> or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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DJ Caise

Derin Phillips, better known as DJ Caise (pronounced as "Case"), is a Nigerian disc jockey.

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DJ Xclusive

Rotimi Alakija (born 16 October 1980), better known as DJ Xclusive, is a Nigerian disc jockey, record producer and recording artist.

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Ebute Metta

Ebute Metta is a neighbourhood of Lagos Mainland, Lagos, in Lagos State, Nigeria.

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Egba people

The Egba people are a subgroup of the Yoruba people, an ethnic group of western Nigeria, a majority of whom are from the central part of Ogun State, that is Ogun Central Senatorial District. Brazilians in Nigeria and Egba people are ethnic groups in Nigeria.

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Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi

Chief Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi, (née Akerele, 1910–14 September 1971) was the first woman to practise as a physician in Nigeria.

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Emancipados

Emancipado was a term used for an African-descended social-political demographic within the population of Spanish Guinea (modern day Equatorial Guinea) that existed in the early to mid 1900s.

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Emancipation

Emancipation has many meanings; in political terms, it often means to free a person from a previous restraint or legal disability that violates basic human rights, such as Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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Epiphany (holiday)

Epiphany, or Eid al-Ghitas (عيد الغِطاس), also known as "Theophany" in Eastern Christian tradition, is a Christian feast day commemorating the visit of the Magi, the baptism of Jesus, and the wedding at Cana.

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Femi Pedro

Olufemi "Femi" Olusegun Pedro (born 29 January 1955) is a Nigerian economist and politician who served as deputy governor of Lagos State from 2003 to 2007. Brazilians in Nigeria and Femi Pedro are Nigerian people of Brazilian descent.

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Francisco Félix de Sousa

Francisco Félix de Souza (5 October 1754 – 8 May 1849) was a Brazilian slave trader who was deeply influential in the regional politics of pre-colonial West Africa (namely, current-day Benin, Togo and Nigeria).

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Gulf of Guinea

The Gulf of Guinea is the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean from Cape Lopez in Gabon, north and west to Cape Palmas in Liberia.

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Herbert Macaulay

Olayinka Herbert Samuel Heelas Badmus Macaulay (14 November 1864 – 7 May 1946) was a Nigerian nationalist, politician, surveyor, engineer, architect, journalist, and musician.

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Holy Cross Cathedral, Lagos

Holy Cross Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Lagos, Nigeria, and is the seat of the Archdiocese of Lagos.

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Ibadan

Ibadan is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria.

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Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu

Claudiana Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu (née Carrena; born 8 January 1967) is the first lady of Lagos State in Nigeria, as the spouse of the governor of Lagos State Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Brazilians in Nigeria and Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu are Nigerian people of Brazilian descent.

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Idewu Ojulari

Oba Idewu Ojulari (died c 1835) reigned as Oba of Lagos from 1829 to about 1834/5.

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Iga Idunganran

Iga Idunganran is the Official Residence of the Oba of Lagos, situated on Lagos Island.

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Igbo people

The Igbo people (also spelled Ibo" and historically also Iboe, Ebo, Eboe, / / Eboans, Heebo; natively Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò) are an ethnic group in Nigeria. Brazilians in Nigeria and Igbo people are ethnic groups in Nigeria.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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J. M. Johnson

Chief Joseph Modupe Johnson CFR, (30 March 1912 – 15 June 1987), was a Nigerian politician and Federal Cabinet Minister.

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Jibril Martin

Alhaji Jibril Martin (20 November 1888 - 13 June 1959) was a Nigerian lawyer and educationist who was a member of the Nigerian Legislative Council. Brazilians in Nigeria and Jibril Martin are Nigerian people of Brazilian descent.

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Joke Silva

Joke Silva MFR is a veteran Nigerian actress, director, and businesswoman.

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Kojo Annan

Kojo Adeyemo Annan (born 25 July 1973) is a Ghanaian-Nigerian businessman and son of the late former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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Lagos

Lagos (also US), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria.

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Lagos Colony

Lagos Colony was a British colonial possession centred on the port of Lagos in what is now southern Nigeria.

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Lagos Island

Lagos Island (Ìsàlẹ̀ Èkó) is the principal and central Local Government Area (LGA) in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Lagos Treaty of Cession

The Treaty of Cession, 6 August 1861 or the Lagos Treaty of Cession was a treaty between the British Empire and Oba Dosunmu of Lagos (spelt 'Docemo' in English documents) wherein Dosunmu, under the threat of military bombardment, ceded Lagos Island to Britain, whilst retaining the title and powers of Oba, subject to English laws.

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Languages of Nigeria

Bura Sign Language |foreign.

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Malê revolt

The Malê revolt (Revolta dos Malês,,, also known as the Great Revolt and the Ramadan Revolt) was a Muslim slave rebellion that broke out during the regency period in the Empire of Brazil.

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Manumission

Manumission, or enfranchisement, is the act of freeing slaves by their owners.

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Mobolaji Bank Anthony

Oloye Sir Mobolaji Bank Anthony, KBE (11 June 1907 - 26 May 1991) was a Yoruba Nigerian businessman and philanthropist.

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Molière

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world literature.

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Moses Da Rocha

Moses Da Rocha (January 1875 - May 1942) was a Nigerian medical doctor, journalist and politician. Brazilians in Nigeria and Moses Da Rocha are Nigerian people of Brazilian descent.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.

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Nigerian Brazilians

A Nigerian Brazilian (Nigeriano-brasileiro) is a Brazilian person of full, partial, or predominantly Nigerian ancestry, or a Nigerian-born person residing in Brazil. Brazilians in Nigeria and Nigerian Brazilians are Brazil–Nigeria relations.

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Nigerian Chieftaincy

The Nigerian Chieftaincy is the chieftaincy system that is native to Nigeria.

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Olowogbowo

Olowogbowo is an area in the west of Lagos Island in Lagos, also known as Apongbon.

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Onitsha

Onitsha (or simply Ọ̀nị̀chà) is a city on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Anambra State, Nigeria.

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Orisha

Orishas (singular: orisha) are divine spirits that play a key role in the Yoruba religion of West Africa and several religions of the African diaspora that derive from it, such as Haitian Vaudou, Cuban, Dominican and Puerto Rican Santería and Brazilian Candomblé.

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Orlando Martins

Orlando Martins (8 December 1899 – 25 September 1985) was a pioneering Yoruba Nigerian film and stage actor. Brazilians in Nigeria and Orlando Martins are Nigerian people of Brazilian descent.

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Port Harcourt

Port Harcourt (Pidgin: Po-ta-kot or Pi-ta-kwa) is the capital and largest city of Rivers State in Nigeria.

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Portuguese language

Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Portuguese name

A Portuguese name, or Lusophone name – a personal name in the Portuguese language – is typically composed of one or two personal names, the mother's family surname and the father's family surname (rarely only one surname, sometimes more than two).

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Protestantism

Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.

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Saro people

The Saro, or Nigerian Creoles of the 19th and early 20th centuries, were Africans that were emancipated and initially resettled in Freetown, Sierra Leone by the Royal Navy, which, with the West Africa Squadron, enforced the abolition of the international slave trade after the British Parliament passed the Slave Trade Act 1807. Brazilians in Nigeria and Saro people are ethnic groups in Nigeria, people of Liberated African descent and Repatriated Africans.

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Sierra Leone Creole people

The Sierra Leone Creole people (Krio pipul) are an ethnic group of Sierra Leone. Brazilians in Nigeria and Sierra Leone Creole people are Repatriated Africans.

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Slavery in Brazil

Slavery in Brazil began long before the first Portuguese settlement.

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The social structure in Nigeria is the hierarchical characterization of social status, historically stratified under the Nigerian traditional rulers and their subordinate chiefs, with a focus on tribe and ethnicity which continued with the advent of colonization.

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T. A. Doherty

Chief Theophilus Adebayo Doherty (24 February 1895 – 18 November 1974) was a Nigerian businessman and politician.

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Tabom people

The Agudas or Tabom are the Afro-Brazilian community in the south of Benin, Togo and Ghana who are mostly of Yoruba descent. Brazilians in Nigeria and Tabom people are people of Liberated African descent and Repatriated Africans.

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Togo

Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa.

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Water House

The Water House is one of the few remaining residential buildings that showcases Brazilian architectural style in Nigeria. Brazilians in Nigeria and Water House are Brazilian diaspora in Nigeria.

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West Africa

West Africa, or Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territory).Paul R.

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Yoruba people

The Yoruba people (Ọmọ Odùduwà, Ọmọ Káàárọ̀-oòjíire) are a West African ethnic group who mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. Brazilians in Nigeria and Yoruba people are ethnic groups in Nigeria.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilians_in_Nigeria

Also known as Aguda people, Amaro people, Brazilian Nigerian, History of the Brazilians in Nigeria.

, Malê revolt, Manumission, Mobolaji Bank Anthony, Molière, Moses Da Rocha, Nigeria, Nigerian Brazilians, Nigerian Chieftaincy, Olowogbowo, Onitsha, Orisha, Orlando Martins, Port Harcourt, Portuguese language, Portuguese name, Protestantism, Saro people, Sierra Leone Creole people, Slavery in Brazil, Social class in Nigeria, T. A. Doherty, Tabom people, Togo, Water House, West Africa, Yoruba people.

Brazilians in Nigeria, the Glossary

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See also

Brazil–Nigeria relations

Brazilian diaspora by country

Brazilian diaspora in Nigeria

Nigerian people of Brazilian descent

People of Liberated African descent

Repatriated Africans

References