sentences:  Since the 1990s, despite the increasing public attention given to slavery through national and international initiatives like UNESCO’s Slave Route Project, Brazil has mounted very few initiatives
  commemorating and memorializing slavery and the Atlantic slave trade.However, in the last decade Brazil has begun engaging in several initiatives underscoring its slave past and the importance of African heritage.Gradually, all over the country statues celebrating Zumbi, the leader of Palmares, Brazilian long-lasting quilombo (runaway slave community) were unveiled.