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