Héritage conceptuel de la traite négrière transatlantique qui fait allusion aux Afro-Brésilien-ne-s en Afrique. De façon générale, il désigne les descendant-e-s de tous celles et ceux qui ont pratiquement été impliqué-e-s dans la traite négrière, que ce soient les marchands d’esclaves ou les personnes asservies en question. On les retrouve en majorité dans des endroits qui constituaient les anciens comptoirs négriers ou encore où le commerce des esclaves était en effervescence. C’est le cas des villes Ouidah, Aného, et Porto-Novo au Bénin, Lomé, Accra, et Lagos au Togo, au Ghana, et au Nigéria.
Ayari nomme Aguda des personnes appartenant à l’une des catégories suivantes :
Conceptual legacy of the transatlantic slave trade concerning Afro-Brazilians in Africa, Aguda refers to the descendants of anyone practically related to the transatlantic slave trade, whether as traders or enslaved people themselves. Most Agudas live in places that were once slave trading markets or where the slave trade thrived. This is the case for places such as Ouidah, Aného, and Porto-Novo in Benin, and Lomé, Accra, and Lagos in Togo, Ghana, and Nigeria respectively.
Specifically, people belonging to one of the following categories may be referred to as Agudas:
1. Descendants of Brazilian, Portuguese, French, or English traders;
2. Descendants of freed people known as retornados, who returned from Brazil in the nineteenth century;
3. Descendants of enslaved people who are related to Afro-Brazilian families, whether through adoption or alliance. (Ayari 2020, 30)
Ayari-de Souza, Rachida. “Les afro-brésiliens Aguda et la question de l’esclavage.”, dans: Kadya Tall et Romuald Tchibozo (eds.), Circulations et Productions Cultu(r)elles dans l’Atlantique Sud, Les Editions des Diasporas, Cotonou, 2020, 29–44.
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