People / group
Agudás
The Agudás are the descendants of Afro-Brazilians, many of them freed slaves, and Brazilian traders who settled on the coast of present-day Benin, Togo and Nigeria in the 19th century. They brought Catholicism, Islam, Portuguese surnames and Brazilian-style architecture to towns such as Ouidah, Porto-Novo and Lagos, and formed a distinct community that was influential in commerce and in early colonial administration.
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