Refugiados angolanos em São Paulo: entre a integração e a segregação

Abstract

The Angolans are the most expressive presence on the arrival ofAfrican people in Brazil, searching for refuge, coming from countriesin which occurs an armed conflict. Brazil was presented at the timeof Angola civil war as an alternative route for the Angolans,considering that countries that traditionally received refugees, suchas United States and European countries (for example, France),closed its borders for these people. However, despite the easiness toenter the Brazilian territory, the Angolan refugees have been facinga large number of difficulties in São Paulo and have to deal withindifference and prejudice on daily basis coming from São Paulo’spopulation. Why, after such difficulties, they remain in São Paulo?Why, during the Angola civil war, the number of Angolans that cameto São Paulo was almost always increasing? These are somequestions which, during this article, we will try to answer.