Why do black Brazilian men prefer blondes? Part 2
Image taken from Raça Brasil magazine (Continued from Part 1) In the African-American community, particularly in the late 1980s during a quasi-revisiting of the late 60s, […]
Month: September 2012
Why do black Brazilian men prefer blondes? Part 1
Image taken from Raça Brasil magazine I still remember the conversation. It was September of the year 2000 and I was kicking it with my new […]
A blacker middle class: families of Brazil’s middle-class boom
Previously concentrated at the base of the pyramid of income, blacks are 80% of the 35 million people that ascended socially, pointing to a […]
"Finally, Us": Black Brazilian women writers honored at International Seminar of Women and Literature in Brasília
In 1995, for the first time, the literary works of contemporary Afro-Brazilian women were compiled to present a comprehensive vision of what it means to […]
Revisiting the black Brazilian middle class of 1999
With recent reports about the surge of Brazil’s black middle class and its buying power in the past decade, we thought it would be interesting […]
Nilza and Nancy: Two sisters moving up in Brazil’s corporate world
Nilza Campos (left) and her sister Nancy Pires Nilza and Nancy are two successful sisters changing the image of black women in Brazil and are […]
Young woman from Bertioga, São Paulo
Jeane, a young woman from Bertioga, São Paulo, Brazil
After students lament the absence of Afro-Brazilians in school curriculum, cultural center initiates "Ethnic-Racial Relations" course
Whenever teachers mention the participation of blacks in Brazilian history and culture, Luana Manoel Borges Garcia, 11, a 5th grade student, feels uncomfortable. “My professors mention […]
Creator of the Meninas Black Power (Afro Girls) project speaks about the growing natural black hair movement in Brazil
Élida Aquino Created by Élida Aquino, a Rio de Janeiro student of nursing and midwifery, the fanpage Meninas Black Power* is a project that […]
Winner of three 2012 Video Music Brasil awards, check out Gaby Amarantos’ video for "Xirley"
Gaby Amarantos is a singer of style known as “technobrega”. She hails from the north Brazilian state of Pará and released her first album earlier […]
Gaby Amarantos dismisses Beyoncé comparisons and takes home three awards at the 2012 Video Music Brasil awards
The singer of the musical style dubbed “tecnobrega”, Gaby Amarantos, was the big winner of the Video Music Brasil (VMB) 2012, the MTV awards that […]
Aparecida Petrowky: Compared to Rhianna, Halle, Beyonce and others, see her gallery of hairstyles from long and straight, to curly, short and afro – Who does she remind you of?
Actress Aparecida Petrowky became known to most Brazilians through her role on the Globo TV novela Viver a Vida in 2009. Although she made a name for herself playing […]
Actress Aparecida Petrowky: A real life worthy of its own soap opera
Actress reveals her family history and reveals how she earned her place on the novela by Laís Rissato It was a debut and so much […]
Actress Aparecida Petrowky been’s rockin’ her ‘fro since April! "Women have to appreciate the black race and stop straightening their hair". See the gallery here!
Petrowky: “Women have to appreciate the black race and stop straightening their hair” We had a little fun on another post following actress Aparecida […]
