The Ramos family, from Conceição à Boa Vista

notes on memory and identity

Abstract

In this article, I present a series of notes produced through research carried out between 2022 and 2023 on the Ramos family, specifically the life story of Luiz Vicente and his family, who left the Quilombo de Conceição dos Negros around 1958, migrating to the Quilombo da Baixa da Nega. This journey is intertwined with various social and political aspects that shaped the development of the central region of Cabugi and the state of Rio Grande do Norte (RN). These elements highlight a racialised political economy that actively involved the family, leading them through processes of territorialisation via possessions, territories, migratory routes and different forms of identification. As we trace these lives, through the memories of their descendants, we also engage with the production of meaning and significations that concern the formation of the Black and Quilombo population in terms of their ethnogenesis.