Suzana and Suzane Massena, twin models from Bahia: photo gallery 2
Today’s posts features a gallery of photos of twin models Suzana and Suzane Massena of Salvador, Bahia. See more on them here and the first photo […]
Month: April 2013
Twin sisters from Bahia, Suzana and Suzane Massena, turning heads in the modeling world
“Not even our father knows who is who,” say twin models at Fashion Rio Susan and Suzane Massena, 17, who strutted on the catwalk for […]
Suzana and Suzane Massena, twin models from Bahia: photo gallery
This post features photos of twin sisters Suzana and Suzane Massena from Salvador, Bahia. Click here for a little about them and here for more […]
Model Thamy Macedo
Model Thamy Macedo stands 5’10” tall and measures 33-24-35
Actress Sheron Menezes visits Angola and participates in TV channel’s international programming event; is this the network’s way of hiding its lack of diversity?
by Antonio Lucio Brazilians uninformed about what happens in Angola, where I returned last week and like a parrot repeating in exhaustion that Brazil in […]
News of popular white singer “coming out” with her partner is big news in Brazil; but why are black lesbians shut out of the media?
Note from BW of Brazil: As the controversy and struggle for gay rights, marriage and recognition continues to make headlines and fuel a hotly contested […]
In only 15 days, more than 800 calls to Disque Racismo (Dial Racism) hotline; almost double the complaints registered in all of 2012
Poster: “Now your voice speaks louder” Note from BW of Brazil: In a quest to track incidents of racial discrimination and racism that occur in […]
Victim of racism, man shot after being accused of stealing a motorcycle
An argument in downtown Curitiba (capital/largest city of Paraná, southern Brazil), which may have been motivated by racism, ended with Sérgio Luiz Prates Chaves Jr., […]
Happy belated birthday to Dona Ivone Lara: A living legend of Brazilian Samba
Note from BW of Brazil: This post is dedicated to the life and career of one of the great Samba singer/composers, Dona Ivone Lara, whose […]
Mercedes Batista: First black woman featured as dancer in Municipal Theater in Rio; introduced African elements into modern Brazilian dance
Mercedes Ignácia da Silva Krieger, Mercedes Batista, was born in 1921, in the city of Campos dos Goytacazes, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, […]
The Divas of Brazilian Hip Hop show
The Divas of Hip Hop project was designed to celebrate the feminine universe within Hip Hop culture and aims to bring the general public street […]
Vera Lúcia Couto dos Santos: First black woman to win a major Brazilian beauty contest and represent the country in an international beauty pageant
There was an excitement in the air during the first semester of 1964, in the then newly created state of Guanabara. Where, for the first […]
Property owner refuses to rent apartment to singer Ellen Oléria and her female partner
Note from BW of Brazil: The question of discrimination according to sexual orientation is also a struggle in Brazil. Recently, the singer/musician Ellen Oléria, who won […]
“That’s prejudice, (it’s) just because we’re black! When will we be respected in this country?” says a black woman accused of theft in a store; subsequent search finds nothing
Two women accused the establishment in Bahia of having practiced racism against them on Saturday, April 6th. An employee of the establishment charged the customers […]
