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 […]
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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?’. […]
Diaspora Black: Afro tourism project raises $600,000 in crowdfunding
Diaspora Black: Afro tourism project raises $600,000 in crowdfunding Note from BW of Brazil: I’ve been going to the annual São Paulo event known as […]
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 […]
“Black music is ours!”: Larissa Luz, Luedji Luna and Xênia França join their voices in project to celebrate power of black women in Bahian music
Note from BW of Brazil: I have to say that we are living in inspiring times if one seeks black representation with black artists who […]
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 […]
In Salvador, Bahia, a professor and project use African-oriented clothing to strengthen black identity and interest community in the African Diaspora
In Salvador, Bahia, a professor and project use African-oriented clothing to strengthen black identity and interest community in the African Diaspora By Marques Travae When […]
Brazil’s racist tendencies can be brutal on the self-esteem of Afro-Brazilians; teacher puts together photo project to show students how beautiful they really are
Note from BW of Brazil: As you have no doubt figured out from the details and recollections of so many people on this blog, Brazil […]
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 […]
African heritage is a target of indifference in Brazil: Cais do Valongo was the largest slave port in Brazil but revitalization project lacks investment
Note from BW of Brazil: If one wants to know how Africa is seen in a country like Brazil there are numerous hints to analyze. […]
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 […]
Nêga Rosa Project increases income of black women in Rio communities. Women sew, cook and give turban workshops; works to be featured in 2016 Olympics
Note from BW of Brazil: In recent years, numerous projects, programs and seminars focused on black culture and entrepreneurial enterprises have changed the lives of […]
Identity project raises the question of the black representation in pop culture
Note from BW of Brazil: Representation is a theme that we discuss on this blog almost daily. In a country such as Brazil in which […]
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 […]
