Bailes of Madureira – The “charme” of cultura negra in Rio de Janeiro: where black America meets black Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: The city of Rio de Janeiro is of course famous for many things. Its breathtaking views and beaches. The Christ […]
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Black Rio – A Cultural Revolution That Instilled a Fear of Black People
Black Rio – A Cultural Revolution That Instilled a Fear of Black People Note from BW of Brazil: The history of the 1970s Bailes Black […]
Waldete Tristão Teaches Children About African Gods
Waldete Tristão Teaches Children About African Gods Note from BW of Brazil: Reading the piece below actually took me back to my elementary school years […]
Black Brazilian Music and The Emergence Black Aesthetics
Black Brazilian Music and The Emergence of Black Aesthetics Note from BW of Brazil: It’s amazing the changes I’ve witnessed with the population of black Brazilian […]
Mariana Villanova: The Black Woman has begun to speak of herself
Mariana Villanova: The Black Woman has begun to speak of herself Note from BW of Brazil: I can still remember pretty well when I first discovered […]
Dance spectacular: African Cosmogony | Vision of the Yoruba People
Dance spectacular: African Cosmogony | Vision of the Yoruba People Note from BW of Brazil: How is it that the universe came into being? I’m […]
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 […]
Entrepreneur Sauanne Bispo creates exchange agency “Go Diáspora”
Entrepreneur Sauanne Bispo creates an exchange agency “Go Diáspora” Note from BW of Brazil: I was really impressed to hear about this company that I […]
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 […]
“How can we be better than white women if we’re not put on the same level?” International Women’s Day: Black women’s struggle against prejudice, violence and inequality
Note from BW of Brazil: People in Brazil often like to hide behind empty rhetoric such as the phrase “we are all equal”, which lets […]
It’s Carnaval time, but what do you know about the Afoxé groups, symbols of African culture, resistance against racism?
Note from BW of Brazil: Well, it’s officially on! Bring the noise, bring the song, dance, drums, costumes and revelry, because it’s that time once […]
“Wakanda is…in Europe”? “The white is black?”: Daniela Mercury’s latest song “Black Panther Goddess”, represents a universalization that, even in homage, cannot fully accept blackness
Note from BW of Brazil: You wanna know how Brazil has managed to skate under the radar of being one of the most racist countries […]
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 […]
The power of “Black Money”: Afro-Brazilians becoming more conscious of how and with whom they spend their money, seek to support black businesses
The power of “Black Money”: Afro-Brazilians becoming more conscious of how and with whom they spend their money, seek to support black businesses By Marques […]
