Aka, Cazumbá e Marimondas: Diálogos entre culturas de matriz africana em Camarões, Brasil e Colômbia

In this article we compare Aka character performed by Kuosi secret society from Bandjoun city, South Western Cameroun, with cultural expressions practiced among Afro-descent communities from Northeastern region of Brazil, particularly Cazumbá from Maranhão São João celebration, and Marimonda from Barranquilla Carnival in Colombian Caribbean, suggesting possible historical links between these three South-Atlantic societies. The link initially traced through cultural analyses will be compared with information yield by the Slave Trade Database and with current historiography, linguistic and anthropological researches, which confirm forced migration from Biafra Gulf nearby territories to those specific regions of Brazil and Colombia, between XVII and XIX century.