Taveira, Marcelo da SilvaSilva, Marineide da2016-07-202021-10-132016-07-202021-10-132016-06-07https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/44298This paper presents a reflection on the Candomblé religion as a form of resistance of black Africans in Brazilian lands. In this way, seeks to present in a clear and objective approach as Africans firmed these lands and practiced their religious services. We have seen that the idea of passive black suffering without any retaliation or are seen only as a "being" who never left the condition of "play" productive, but a being with all its hardships imposed on him, tried to create spaces own to love, build families, parenting, play, play, worship African gods and those who come to worship in the new world or even the changes to be accepted. By observing the Acari local schools identified that in textbooks always used the African character as submissive to the white man and barely spoke the black always resisted and prevailed with their struggles. The methodology was qualitative where the data collected from scientific articles, books, internet and observation were essential for problem analysis. The method used was the inductive, as considered empirical knowledge and put it to challenge the sources researched and analyzed. The objectives of this study are: describe relevant concepts about various types of resistance established by black people who occupied the enslaved condition in Brazil; focusing on religion as a strategy to bring their deities and redraft its myths, rites and religious systems. Still has the characteristics of african-Brazilian cults, especially Umbanda and Candomblé, as well as contribut to the review of certain current attitudes and prejudices in different tor of Brazilian society. Furthermor, we tried to discuss the various ways to resist the working conditions and the slave regime. With this work, it was achieved to meet the expectations and responses to the questions proposed in the objectives.openAccessEscravoResistênciaReligiãopostGraduateThesisHistória