"Não tínhamos conhecimento nenhum”: a voz ativa e política das mulheres quilombolas da comunidade Buriti do Meio – Norte de Minas Gerais

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the politic participation of women in Buriti do Meio community and the empowerment possibility searching to reveal its strategies for internal leadership. To make possible the realization of this research was used ethnographic method with participant observation, semi-structured interview and literature review. Bearing in mind the battle and to awake for policy strategies of women in regional context the study focused on showing who are these women that fight for recognition as a group who belongs to the African roots and on the other hand individuals usage rights. It is important to emphasize nowadays occurs the female hegemony in social dynamic of Power relations executed inside the group pass by community and familiar life. These women since 2000 have had many fights with the municipal government reaching state and federal ambit. The history of the community is marked by a battle and resistance way and the women took the initiative to look for and jump over better times. It should be noted that, the importance of these women, at this moment they play important part of socio political organization in the fight for rights as well in the historical community battle. They do not manage their lives only, but all of community group. Thus, interests with this research to contribute to the comprehension as the subject of this group organize their community daily. Intend this discussion help in the understanding who are these women, mothers, workers and quilombolas, nowadays inserted on the north of Minas Gerais field.