Drumbeats in the Kitchen 'Sinhá' does Not Want, the Delegate Neither

Abstract

This study presents the trajectory of black people in constituting our cultural matrix, highlighting their ability and resistance to the official pressures that come from a white and literate elite. The prejudiced view that is common since Colonial Brazil failed to erase the black man as a historical subject who acted in defense of their socio-cultural identity. Supported by representative texts on the assertion of black ethnicity in our social order, the authors reveal the power of drumming, not only in supporting music or the act of playing and dancing, but as a manifestation of resistance in the world of African culture in Brazil. From their arguments, one can deduce the strength of sound and rhythm manifested by the black people (slaves, freedmen) who planted deep roots in the genuine Brazilian music and in other manifestations of our culture.