I am a historian working with a group of israeli scientists in anthropology and geopsyquist. I also am making an important task of searching for a village in Brumadinho, whose name is SAPÉ. The people who is living in this village is very, and very much special, because they were living separated during 300 years, since slavery in Brasil. Only, after last 30 years they have tried to live with different persons around the near. They are african persons marring among themselves. They are "sui generis", because of the slavery tradition, when they came to live under slavery...slave after slave was separeted, to brake the union. Thus, João Borges, in 1731, was a slave that gained a farm to rase his relatives and slaves from Africa who came from his same tribe. It is a fabulous discovery that will change many different conceptions about slavery western. We also discoveried the presence in this Valley of a black man who was born during the brasilian slavery, and he was a negro, but during his life something happened that he became a powerful man, with a title of "Coronel"; an expression to describe someone full of authority and power throu intelligence, money and force. It is very important to make a file, also print a book on this. But before this, I would like to contribute with informations and to receive informations about methods and different pathways to help the black people in this Valley, in portuguese named: "Vale do Paraopeba". What does it mean? a detailed dialogue could help to understand. Really, more informations can make easier the understanding. My telephone number in the Brazil is (31) 96593231 and eletronic address is e-mail: alcione.ecologia@br.inter.net. Thank you very much...

Alcione Rita de Oliveira