rio de janeiro's prefecture, through the instituto pereira passos, makes data and statistics about  the district of  madureira available on this link, including data on land (território e meio ambiente), population (população) housing (domicílios), health (saúde), education (educação), buildings (imóveis), and infrastructure (infraestrutura).

Presented by the  Universidade do Grande Rio, the study O Samba no Rio de Janeiro: Elementos socializadores dos grupos étnicos nos quintais de Madureira e Oswaldo Cruz  (samba in Rio de Janeiro: Socializing factors amongst ethnic groups in the backyards of Madureira and Oswaldo Cruz) by Cristina da Conceição Silva, seeks to understand the cultural origins of Samba and the contribution made by African Citizens who came to the city from different African nations, and began to socialize with African Brazilians born in Rio de Janeiro and later with African Brazilians from Bahia, producing models of entertainment and faith in which food, drumming, social relations and models of housing were the basis for the formation of the carioca Samba culture.