Ìdòwú Akínrúlí

Spiritual Leader & Artist

I am Nigerian, representative and native of the Yorùbá people. Basis of my education is the cultural and religiões tradition of my people, with special regards to percussion and music from Yorùbá culture. I dedicate myself in my work here in Brazil to promote both Yorùbá and other African culture, Yorùbá artistic and cultural formation also creation. I form partnerships with artists from Nigeria, Africa in general and Brazilians with a focus on tradition and contemporary expressions of music and dance that have a bias in African and Afro-diasporic cultural matrices. Currently, I am coordinator of the company Ìlú Akin Produções, directs the project for Ontologias Others, Grupo Ìbejì, Ọ̀ṣẹ́ẹ̀túrá Africa’njazz and Fela Day Poa.

Carolina Ribeiro Araujo

Research Project Manager & Mystic V

I gained a BA in Ecology from Universidade Estadual Paulista (Brazil). My focus has been on agroecology and ethnobotany and I have been working in regional development carrying out impact assessment and valuation of the socioeconomic damages affecting tradional communities affected. I am currently pursuing my doctorate in Anthropology at the University of Lisbon - Portugal, in the field of Spiritual Ecology, seeking to understand the movement of Amazonian shamanic practice in Portugal.

Igor Baldez

Communication Design & Ancsestral Artist

I am a Designer and Visual Artist, bringing with me a rich heritage from the Yepã Mahsã (Tukano) people. Graduated from Centro Universitário FAE, in Curitiba, my journey led me to explore arts while expanding my skills of videography and design.

My ancestral roots make me understand the importance of environmental regeneration as an intrinsic part of my creative expression.

Educardo Xucuru

Founding Crew Member & Educator

I, Eduardo Feitoza da Silva, professor, son of Maria das Graças and Antônio, both indigenous farmers, belong to the Xukuru Indigenous people of Ororubá. My life story is strengthened through the ethical, moral and cultural values that throughout my life I have seen, lived and heard my parents and my Toypes encourage to fight to continue resisting. The reconquest of the territory, guaranteed by the land takeovers, was my first school. In this movement I learned how the Xukuru warrior fights for his rights and assumes his duties. 

David Dobkowski

Public Health Specialist & Engineer wizard

I am David Tukano a young Indigenous leader from the Yepã Mahsã (Tukano) nation. Gradatued from the University of Brasília in Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. I am a specialist in the area of Public Health Policy Management. I currently work as an advisor to the Department of Health of the Federal District, promoting engineering solutions in public management used to expand health care to the most vulnerable population, and promoting health with greater efficiency of public resources through technology tools. My foundations in life are the collectivist vision of indigenous worldviews, as well as the understanding of the sustainability of the environment in which we live to guarantee and improve the quality of future life.

Cesar Prado Sampaio

Enterpreneur & Junior Paje

My name is Yepá-Sūrī, I belong to the 10th Clan of the Yepá-Mahsã People (Tukano) located in Amazonas, I live, work and study in Brasília. My experience is based on participation in cultural projects through lectures and mediation, studying ancestral stories and sharing traditional songs. I am an entrepreneur who aims to expand strategies to be applied together with partnerships.

Adriana Costa

Learning Facilitator

Brazilian, living in the Netherlands, curious and intrigued by themes of de-coloniality, equity and inclusion. I am a facilitator and experience designer, working in the field of alternative and non-formal education. My focus is to create and support inclusive spaces, processes of self-knowledge and community building as a path to social transformation.

Naiara Yusy Dolabella Sampaio

Co-FOUNDER

I belong to the Yepã Masã (Tukano) people of the Alto Rio Negro region. I am 38 years old, I'm a mother, a lawyer and I develop projects that contribute to the cultural and spiritual strengthening of native peoples. I believe that concrete actions linked to the indigenous vision and its potential are a path to our strength and freedom. I defend the Rights of Nature and initiatives that seek the recognition of respect for the life of all beings and the regeneration of the earth and all its forms of life.

Silvinha Xucuru

Founding Crew Member

I, Maria Silvaneide Faustino Nogueira (Silvinha Xukuru), Indigenous of Xukuru of Ororubá, teacher and activist in the indigenous movement,represent the collective of Xukuru women from the perspective of internal discussions to enhance the visibility of women in relation to the movements. I grew up participating in the land recoveries and learned from my leaders how to defend the territory within all its spirituality.

Today we seek to retake new spaces of discussion to guarantee and maintain our identity. Having the visibility of indigenous women ahead of the movement of battle in defense of our territory.