Spotify launches campaign to encourage appreciation of black culture in Brazil
Note from BBT: Have you ever wondered what’s going on when certain good things begin to happen on a regular basis? Like, ‘was’sup wit’ dat?’. […]
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Network of Afro Entrepreneurs: Turn black culture into money for black
The network of Afro Entrepreneurs: Turn black culture into money for black Note from BW of Brazil: The ideology that is known as Pan-Africanism is […]
Carnival of Rio brings several references of black culture in the Sambódromo da Marquês de Sapucaí stadium
Note from BW of Brazil: In recent years, Carnaval themes have been another area in which Brazil’s black population has chosen to voice its grievances […]
Candomblé, a religion of resistance: A maximum expression of black culture that has been Afro-Brazil’s weapon of struggle and survival
“I’m a Candomblé militant. I do a black theater that is guided matricially by candomblé. I am not connected to the black movement just because […]
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil’s center of black culture, gets it first multi-brand Afro-Brazilian fashion store
Note from BW of Brazil: The so-called Afro-Brazilian entrepreneurialism has seen an enormous surge in recent years with a number of initiatives targeting the specific […]
Fighting for the maintenance of black culture and identity: Young people in city of São Gonçalo mobilize to maintain a cultural agenda in their town
Note from BW of Brazil: Over the course of this little blog’s existence, we’ve seen countless projects, organizations, blogs and activists discussing the necessity of […]
Black culture and rhythms played in the periphery invade parties in middle-class downtown of capital city
Note from BW of Brazil: As stated in numerous previous posts, the intent of this blog is to present to the English-speaking world information coming […]
Afro Fashion Day Salvador in Bahia puts black culture, beauty and fashion on center stage!
Note from BW of Brazil: OK, OK, so today’s story is a leftover from November’s Month of Black Consciousness events and celebrations, but with such […]
Black cultural misappropriation in black spaces: “They want black cultures, without black women and black men!”
Note from BW of Brazil: The photo above was taken several months ago and when it was posted in a social network, it provoked a […]
One of Brazil’s most important groups for preserverance of black culture, the Solano Trindade Popular Theater celebrates 40 years
Note from BW of Brazil: One of the most important figures in Afro-Brazilian History and Culture, Solando Tridade was born on July 24, 1908, in the […]
Black Screen Project brings black culture to the big screen and debates racism
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s good to see initiatives and projects such as this one! Afro-Brazilian history and culture and discussions of the role […]
The fashion world needs to stop drawing inspiration in black culture to hire white models
“EVERYBODY WANNA BE BLACK, BUT DON’T NOBODY WANNA BE BLACK” – PAUL MOONEY Note from BW of Brazil: In the United States over the course of […]
Celebrating 35 years, Olodum maintains its roots and the struggle for the affirmation of black culture
Note from BW of Brazil: Anyone who has had the pleasure of visiting Salvador, Bahia, known as the country’s center of black culture, knows that […]
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 […]
