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Black She-roes: Author Jarid Arraes brings black female representation in her book about legendary black freedom fighter Dandara of Palmares

October 3, 2015 Marques Travae 3

Note from BW of Brazil: As we all know, black representation in any genre is an ongoing struggle. Even more so if we consider only […]

Court suspends Sérgio Camargo’s appointment as president of Palmares

December 12, 2019 Marques Travae 1

Court suspends Sérgio Camargo’s appointment as president of Palmares Note from BW of Brazil: Popular protest still DOES have a certain level of power that […]

Members of black social movement occupy headquarters of the Palmares

December 5, 2019 Marques Travae 0

Members of black social movement occupy headquarters of the Palmares Note from BW of Brazil: The election of far right extremist President Jair Bolsonaro has […]

Our stories: The history of quilombo Palmares, one of the greatest stories of black resistance to slavery, is now in comic form in ‘Angola Janga – A history of Palmares’

January 10, 2018 Marques Travae 3

Note from BW of Brazil: It goes with saying that, in terms of Black History, the story of the great quilombo known as Palmares is […]

Netflix series ‘Dear White People’ lead character Sam speaks about Afro-Brazilian heroes Zumbi and Dandara on Brazil’s Black Consciousness Day

November 26, 2017 Marques Travae 0

Brazilian fans of the Netflix series ‘Dear White People’ get a special treat: Lead character Sam speaks about Afro-Brazilian heroes Zumbi and Dandara on Brazil’s […]

Dandara, the wife of Zumbi, Brazil’s greatest black leader, was a revolutionary warrior in her own right

November 20, 2014 Marques Travae 1

Note from BW of Brazil: The story of Afro-Brazil’s greatest leader, Zumbi of the quilombo known as Palmares, is a figure whose memory is etched into the […]

Black Women in the First Person: Dandara Correia discusses the construction of her identity as a black woman and the struggle for racial equality

June 12, 2013 Marques Travae 2

Note from BW of Brazil: In this essay, included in the collection Mulheres Negras na Primeira Pessoa (Black Women in the First Person), activist Dandara Batista […]

Actress/lawyer Dandara Albuquerque: "Black beauty should be recognized and appreciated, but this will only happen when blacks themselves are proud of it"

August 19, 2012 Marques Travae 0

The daughter of a white father and black mother, Dandara Albuquerque is 23 and lives in the famed Copacabana region of Rio de Janeiro. This […]

May 13: What abolition? 133 years after the end of slavery in Brazil, racism and state violence still plague the black population

May 14, 2021 Marques Travae 0

Note from BBT: Having been forced to take a brief hiatus in this past week, there has been a mountain of news stories that I’ve […]

‘Enciclopédia Negra’: New ‘Black Encyclopedia’ presents more than 500 black Brazilian personalities, known and unknown, from different times in history

April 3, 2021 Marques Travae 0

Note from BBT: I’ve mentioned many times how it was Africana: The Encyclopedia of African and African-American History that led me to a now two […]

“He’s not doing well psychologically”: After catching venom from participants on every sides, Lucas Penteado exits the Big Brother Brasil reality show

February 23, 2021 Marques Travae 2

Note from BBT: With all of the action going on this season of the Big Brother Brasil 21 reality TV series, you don’t even really […]

With Harriet Tubman being considered for the first black woman to grace an American bill, here are a few black Brazilian women to consider for the Brazilian REAL

February 5, 2021 Marques Travae 0

Note from BBT: For anyone who knows me and my political views, they can attest to the fact that I saw this past election cycle […]

On January 25, 1835, a group of black Muslims known as the Malês led one of the most infamous uprisings against slavery and religious intolerance in Bahia

January 25, 2021 Marques Travae 0

Note from BBT: In the last few posts, I have discussed the date of January 21st, which in Brazil is recognized as a national day […]

Porto Alegre and Minneapolis: Besides the brutal murders of black men, the cities also have high racial inequality indexes in common

December 1, 2020 Marques Travae 0

Note from BBT: It’s been about a week and a half since the murder of João Alberto Freitas, a 40-year old black man in a […]

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Black She-roes: Author Jarid Arraes brings black female representation in her book about legendary black freedom fighter Dandara of Palmares

Court suspends Sérgio Camargo’s appointment as president of Palmares

Members of black social movement occupy headquarters of the Palmares

Our stories: The history of quilombo Palmares, one of the greatest stories of black resistance to slavery, is now in comic form in ‘Angola Janga – A history of Palmares’

Netflix series ‘Dear White People’ lead character Sam speaks about Afro-Brazilian heroes Zumbi and Dandara on Brazil’s Black Consciousness Day

Dandara, the wife of Zumbi, Brazil’s greatest black leader, was a revolutionary warrior in her own right

Black Women in the First Person: Dandara Correia discusses the construction of her identity as a black woman and the struggle for racial equality

Actress/lawyer Dandara Albuquerque: "Black beauty should be recognized and appreciated, but this will only happen when blacks themselves are proud of it"

May 13: What abolition? 133 years after the end of slavery in Brazil, racism and state violence still plague the black population

‘Enciclopédia Negra’: New ‘Black Encyclopedia’ presents more than 500 black Brazilian personalities, known and unknown, from different times in history

With Harriet Tubman being considered for the first black woman to grace an American bill, here are a few black Brazilian women to consider for the Brazilian REAL

On January 25, 1835, a group of black Muslims known as the Malês led one of the most infamous uprisings against slavery and religious intolerance in Bahia

Porto Alegre and Minneapolis: Besides the brutal murders of black men, the cities also have high racial inequality indexes in common

‘Marias Chuteiras’: Brazil’s ‘soccer gold diggers’ are mostly interested in top soccer players; relationships lead to tens of thousands in monthly child support

Why do many foreigners see Brazilian women as sexual objects?

Black children are dressed as slaves in Independence Day civic parade in Paraná state in southern Brazil

‘’Yes, interracial love does exist, but some black people also use white people as a social passport, to feel more accepted’’, according to social influencer

Black men and black women are loving each other: How Afrocentric relationships reverberate with processes of self-affirmation of black cultural identity

In 2022, the World Cup starts on Black Consciousness Day and revives memory of the anti-racist struggle in Brazil

‘Marias Chuteiras’: Brazil’s ‘soccer gold diggers’ are mostly interested in top soccer players; relationships lead to tens of thousands in monthly child support

Once excluded from Brazil’s soccer fields, black players are now regularly the majority on the country’s World Cup team

Singer Anitta is a superstar, but for some, she is a terrible example with which to educate girls but that modern women feminists turn a blind eye

Juliana Nalú continues to be one of the great Brazilian models abroad; now being featured in brands of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, she is destined to become a top model

Juliana Nalú continues to be one of the great Brazilian models abroad; now being featured in brands of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, she is destined to become a top model

White couples, mixed couples and gay couples, but why did Brazilian advertisers ignore black couples on Brazil’s Valentine’s Day?

With “This is My Color” campaign and commercial, Avon launches makeup products to meet needs of wide range of black skin tones

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