"As Minas" video by Ana P., Mis Ivy, Thiene and Nikita
Don’t know much about this group at all. The song is called “As Minas”, which is sort of a street slang way of saying “As […]
Month: August 2012
"Brazil is the older brother that serves as an inspiration to Africans", says Isabel Azevedo Heyvart, Brazil’s ambassador to Ethiopia
Brazilian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Isabel Azevedo Heyvart by Renata Giraldi At the height of the crisis in the countries of North Africa, the representative of […]
Apelonice Lima: The would be winner of a 1977 beauty contest in southern Brazil – Judge denied her victory because she was black
Apelonice Lima in Miss Rio Grande do Sul contest of 1977 In a previous article featuring the only black woman to ever win the Miss Brasil contest […]
Dionne Warwick honored in the Rio community of Vidigal
The singer received a certificate for her collaboration in a cultural event Warwick watches a performance by the group Nós do Morro Dionne Warwick, who is […]
"Bombril is a scouring pad; kinky/curly hair is something else"
by Lívia Deodato My hair is, curly, kinky or wavy, depending on the day and who’s looking at me. I was born with this gene. From […]
Bombril campaign is suspended for racist content; ad caused outrage amongst black Brazilian women who repudiated the association of the scouring pad with black women’s hair
Previously, the charges were denied but the company has changed the campaign to avoid further controversy. The campaign ad for “Mulheres que Brilham […]
8-year old Franciele Fernanda thrills audience with her vocal prowess
Information about this little cutie is scarce right now, but this what I know so far. Her name is Franciele Fernanda and she is either 8 […]
In Pernambuco, homicide kills 40 times more black women
In Pernambuco, homicide kills 40 times more black women A study shows that, in the northeastern city of Recife, Afro-Brazilian women between 20 and 29 […]
Sharylaine Sil, pioneering MC of Brazilian women’s rap returns with new video and album project
Sharylaine Sil is a pioneer of Brazilian women’s rap. It was she who put together the first all-female group formed in 1986, called Rap Girls. […]
White private school students have advantage in national performance exams
Compared with blacks from public schools, their scores are 25% better by Lorena Caliman of Rede Bahia A report of performance data in the […]
Debate on the world of black psychologists: Obstacles for Afro-Brazilians entering the profession, blackness as class identity and job market inequality
“The psychologist must first of all recognize the worker. The world of work translates into the class dimension. Let’s think about how to work together […]
Black teen killed in police Special Operations Battalion sting operation in Rio; family will sue the state
Family accuses BOPE of murder; Military and Civil Police investigating the case. 15 year old died on Saturday during an action in the Parque Arará […]
Accused of racism, man affiliated with White Power group in São Paulo was married to a black woman and has mixed children
Brazilians accused of distributing racist pamphlets In recent campaign news for the American presidency, a sudden topic of the debate has surfaced concerning Paul Ryan, […]
Wife of Rio rapper Mr. Catra openly discusses polygamy; she is one of his four “wives” and mother of 4 of his 21 children by 14 women
She openly discusses polygamy as a reality and says that families of middle class neighborhoods are the ones deceiving themselves. Silvia Regina says that in […]