Zumbi was a Brazilian quilombola leader and a pioneer of resistance against the enslavement of Africans by the Portuguese during colonial Brazil. He served as the last king of Quilombo dos Palmares, which was a settlement established by Afro-Brazilian people who liberated themselves from slavery in the Captaincy of Pernambuco.
In Afro-Brazilian culture, Zumbi is highly revered as a significant symbol of African freedom and resistance.