Abstract
Hidden Words: Mocambo Locations in Recife In colonial Brazil, the word mocambo referred to the settling of African slaves in flight, generally known as quilombos. Since the beginning of the 20th century, whereas the original meaning of the word remained confined to lexigraphs and historians, hygienists and the local elite have given it en entirely new meaning. For experts and political authorities, as well as for ordinary people, macumbo has become a regional translation of «slum» or «hovel». In a city as proud of its opulent colonial past as Recife, where the sight of macombos represented its decadence since the abolition of slavery, this new meaning has : contributed to giving legitimacy to the technical discourse of city planning and housing authorities which is saturated with eugenics.
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