Summary

In "Song for Almeyda", Part II, Anninho imagines talking with his love, Almeyda. He tells her that he is living in the quilombo where “to talk of love is / improper, to / kiss is impropriety” (33). While Afranio told him that “war and love don’t mix”, Anninho continues to think of Almeyda and imagines her spreading oil across his body (33). He wants to leave the quilombo and search for her but fears “inadvertently lead[ing] the enemy” to the stronghold (35). When they coronate a king at the quilombo, the community coronates every member. Anninho imagines that Almeyda is with him, building the new free city.

In Part III, the narrator meets with Ioio, the scribe. After the rebel monks bought his freedom, Ioio became the scribe for the quilombo. Before he was free, the writer was traded for tobacco and...