Writer Cristiane Sobral: Lack of black representation in Brazilian literature
Writer Cristiane Sobral: Lack of black representation in Brazilian literature Note from BW of Brazil: More than the reports and studies that discuss the existence and […]
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Whitening, the loneliness of black women, black stereotypes: In book ‘O Tapete Voador’, writer Cristiane Sobral covers many facets of the drama of black people
Note from BW of Brazil: We must celebrate black Brazilian literature. We must fight and continue to be vocal about why these writers matter and […]
Actress, writer and educator Cristiane Sobral on the challenges facing Afro-Brazilian women
Actress, writer and educator, Cristiane Sobral was the first black woman to graduate in Theatrical Interpretation at the University of Brasília (UnB). Born in the Coqueiros […]
LASA 2019 International Congress: Francy Silva has been invited
LASA 2019 International Congress: Francy Silva has been invited Note from BW of Brazil: We all need some help from time to time and today I […]
Museum of Image and Sound put on poetry workshop In Rio de Janeiro
Museum of Image and Sound put on poetry workshop In Rio de Janeiro Note from BW of Brazil: Amazing…Didn’t we just have a story similar […]
Aimed exclusively at contemporary black authors, Malê publisher aims to make Afro-Brazilian literature available in a book market that has long ignored it
Note from BW of Brazil: Just a few days ago, I was telling a friend that I post a lot of material on this blog […]
“The majority of bookstores don’t have books that represent us,” says owner of new bookstore in city of Belo Horizonte dedicated to the work of black authors
Note from BW of Brazil: In April of 2015, this blog told readers that “Excluding titles about Afro-Brazilian sports stars (Neymar, Anderson Silva or Pelé) it’s almost […]
Police investigate racial discrimination in public day care in nation’s capital region: teacher washed hair of all students except black girl because she had “hard hair”
Note from BW of Brazil: By now most of this blog’s regular readers know that Brazil has a serious racial problem. It’s been well-documented here […]
Let’s talk about Afro-Brazilian authors: Journalist Etiene Martins creates channel to discuss Black Literature
Note from BW of Brazil: Yes, black Brazilian authors and black Brazilian literature exists! They may be extremely difficult to find in popular bookstores, but […]
Culture resists: Still vastly under-represented in film and television, Afro-Brazilians are making their presence felt in theater, music, literature and art
Note from BW of Brazil: I have never tried to avoid the facts. Afro-Brazilians continue to be vastly under-represented in the Brazilian film and television […]
Melanina Acentuada spectacular brings together works of black Brazilian playwrights
Note from BW of Brazil: With so many independent black theater and film productions being released on You Tube one could say that black Brazilian entertainment […]
15 black Brazilian women writers that you should know
Note from BW of Brazil: Over the course of this blog’s existence, we have documented and demonstrated how Brazil consistently makes its black population invisible […]
Black women writers in Brazil: A struggle against invisibility
Note from BW of Brazil:The place of black Brazilian women in the literary world is a topic that pops up on these pages from time […]
Following in the trail blazed by Carolina de Jesus: A black woman who writes is already a transgressor
Note from BW of Brazil: The written word is a form of expression that has long been either denied or ignored when the writer is […]
