Abstract

ALMEIDA, William Douglas de; FERREIRA JUNIOR, Neilton de Sousa  and  RUBIO, Katia. Dumbo, the way of one athlete as the synthesis of connection Brasil-Angola. Rev. Motriviv. [online]. 2021, vol.33, n.64, e79684.  Epub May 20, 2021. ISSN 2175-8042.  https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8042.2021.e79684.

In a hundred years of history in the Olympic movement, Brazil was represented by 52 athletes who were born abroad. None of them was born on the African continent. In Paralympic Games, however, the country counted in 2016 with the player Maurício Dumbo, born in Angola and naturalized Brazilian. This article aims to present the life story of one of these immigrants, showing the role that sport played in his integration into Brazilian society. As a methodology, biographical narratives were chosen. As a result, it can be seen that there is still prejudice and several barriers in the integration of migrants from Africa to Brazil, however, it is clear that sport was an important factor in the construction of a social network of Dumbo, who the adoption of Brazilian nationality did not mean a break with his Angolan origin.

Keywords : Paralympic games; Imigration and emigration; Ethnic identit; African diaspora; Footbal-five-a-size.

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