Ajuricaba - Alex Souza - Bog

"The European occupation in the Amazon and advancement of the Portuguese colonization led to the genocide of hundred of nations. Decades of massacres, diseases, and slavery influenced the native retaliation that rivaled the power of the colonizers, with the rise of a great leader born in the warrior nation Manao. Ajuricaba was a brave young man, who managed to join over 30 nations against the Portuguese crown, and for five years, he stopped the expansion of the colonies on the Negro River. His epic deeds and bravery will never be forgotten, which is why today the capital of the Amazonas state today is called manaus, [an] homage to him and the people that fought for freedom with their own lives"--