Associate Professor of African History;
PhD in Social History (UFF, 2008)

Monica Lima e Souza

Lines of research

Thematic Clusters

Patrimony institutions and public policies
Slavery, forms of dependency and coercion

Advising subjects

History of Africa in the 19th century;
Abolitionism from an Atlantic perspective;
Relations between Brazil and Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries;
African and Afro-Brazilian heritage from a historical perspective.

Ongoing Research

Teaching of African history and Afro-Brazilian culture;
Relations between Rio de Janeiro and Cabinda in the 19th century.

Selected Publications

SOUZA, Mônica Lima. Histórias entre margens: retornos de libertos para a África partindo do Rio de Janeiro no século XIX. Revista de História Comparada (UFRJ), v. 7, p. 68-114, 2013.

SOUZA, Mônica Lima. Historia da África e interdisciplinaridade: questão de princípio. In: Santos, Patricia Teixeira. (Org.). África e Brasil: da Pré-História ao século XV. 1ed.Curitiba: Positivo, 2015, v. 1, p. 16-52.

SOUZA, Mônica Lima. Between shores: Brazil and the return of former slaves to Africa, 1830-1870. In: Kwesi Kwa Prah. (Org.). Back to Africa: Brazilian Returnees and their communities. 1ed. Cidade do Cabo: CASAS (Centre for Adavanced Studies of African Society), 2009, v. 1.

SOUZA, Mônica Lima. Let the drums sound: the teaching of African History and the History of Africans in Brazil. In: Paul Tiyambe ZELEZA. (Org.). The Study of Africa. Dacar: CODESRIA, 2007, v. 2, p. 295-305.

SOUZA, Mônica Lima. Enfrentando os desafios: a História da África e dosAfricanos no Brasil na nossa sala de aula 2004 (Textos para boletim do Programa Salto para o Futuro).

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