Carlos Dafé: Explains How Military Dictatorship Shut Down Soul Music
Carlos Dafé: Explains “How Military Dictatorship Shut Down Soul Music” Note from BW of Brazil: When I first discovered there was a period of Brazilian […]
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No Black Panthers here!! During Brazil’s Military Dictatorship, it was common for police to snatch black men with afros off the streets and shave their heads
Note from BW of Brazil: Most of the posts on this blog keep you up to date on how race relations, racial politics, racism, identity, […]
How the military dictatorship persecuted black militants in the 1970s; the objective was avoiding the US Civil Rights Movement from reaching Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: Many people who have expressed interest in the Afro-Brazilian struggle for equality have naturally made comparisons to a similar struggle […]
Leader of black Bahia’s most important symbol of black culture and pride talks about resistance under military dictatorship
Note from BW of Brazil: Last week throughout Brazil there were various television reports, magazines and newspapers devoted to the 50th year anniversary of a […]
50 years ago today: March 31-April 1,1964 began a 21-year brutal Military Dictatorship in Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: Yesterday and today are commemorative days in Brazil. Not celebratory, but commemorative, as in a reflective manner. It was 50 […]
After two year delay, film ‘Marighella’, about the Brazilian revolutionary, debuts in Brazil; learn a few facts about the movie and the man
Note from BBT: The wait is over. Finally. The first four words are not just my own, but also that of the Mídia Ninja website […]
One of the first black women to become a successful model in Brazil’s fashion industry, Veluma discusses her career
Note from BBT: Ok, so we know that Brazil has long been and continues to be a very exclusionary country in terms of race and what […]
For the OAS Inter-American Commission, Brazil is racist and exterminates its “undesirables”
Note from BBT: A pandemic can’t cover up the facts. Of course, we all know how much our daily lives have been affected by the […]
Claiming our history: Photographic exhibit tells the story of thousands of invisible black Brazilians who helped construct the nation’s capital city of Brasília DF
Note from BBT: I’ve always been fascinated by Brazil’s capital city and Federal District, Brasília DF. I’ve never been there but I’ve come across many […]
On this date in 1935 was born one of Brazil’s most important intellectuals, a leading voice of black women and Afro-Brazilians, Lélia Gonzalez
Note from BBT: It’s very fitting that the subject of today’s post is being featured on what would have been her 86th birthday as well […]
The myth continues: For Brazil’s President and Vice President, racism ‘doesn’t exist in Brazil’
Note from BBT: When I first became fascinated with the topic of race and black Brazilians two decades ago, I was amazed at how bold […]
All Hail the King: Pelé, The Greatest soccer player of all-time, turns 80
All Hail the King: Pelé, The Greatest soccer player of all-time, turns 80 Note from BBT: I can’t say with any certainty when I first […]
Transformation of Black Music into White Music: Brazilian edition
Transformation of Black Music into White Music: Brazilian edition Note from BBT: The piece I present today is yet another part of another topic I’ve […]
The fall of Wilson Simonal: Downfall of Brazil’s first black Pop Star
The fall of Wilson Simonal: Downfall of Brazil’s first black Pop Star Note from BW of Brazil: I still remember very clearly the first time […]
