In Brazil, young indigenous women are reconnecting with their African roots and finding ways to intervene in the violence that targets their community.
Where the Tocantins and Itacaiúnas Rivers meet, in the Amazonian city of Marabá, sits the pioneer Afro-indigenous community of Cabelo Seco.
Marabá has one of the highest homicide rates in the world. Mining for gold, iron and other resources has left the region highly militarized. The Afro-indigenous population – particularly young men – are often at the sharp end. People of African descent in Brazil are over 20 per cent more likely to be killed than any other ethnic group.
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