Nielson Rosa Bezerra received his PhD from the Universidade Federal Fluminense, he is a former Banting Fellow (2012–2014), at The Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas, York University, Canada. He is the author of a number of articles and six books on slavery and the African Diaspora in Brazil, including Escravidão Comércio e Farinha no Recôncavo do Rio de Janeiro, século XIX (2011). He is also the Director of Museu Vivo do São Bento of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro.
