Quilombo leader Mãe Bernadete shot dead six years after son was killed

She was the leader of the quilombo Pitanga dos Palmares, a priestess of the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé, and the former Secretary for Racial Equality of Simões Filho, in Bahia state. Her community in Bahia is home to 289 families across 854 hectares.

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