Preto À Porter: New variety show series is 100% written, produced, directed and hosted by black people
Note from BBT: How you view the changes coming out of Brazil these days in terms of racial representation will greatly depend on how you […]
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Banco Afro (Afro Bank) goes from one to thirty thousand clients after racist declaration of fintech company; Brazil now has five black-owned financial initiatives
Note from BBT: There are a number of exciting things happening within the Afro-Brazilian community in terms of education, finances and entrepreneurship. Although the overall […]
Ten Black Brazilians included on 2020 MIPAD | Black Brazil Today
Note from BBT: Black Brazilians have been regularly featured on the Most Influential People of African Descent list for the past few years and 2020 […]
Black Women in Technology Ecosystem | Black Brazil Today
Black Women in Technology Ecosystem Note from BW of Brazil: Sometimes it’s mind-boggling when you actually analyze how far behind Brazil’s black population lags behind […]
Alan Soares: Founder of the Black Money Movement in Brazil
Alan Soares: Founder of the Black Money Movement in Brazil Note from BW of Brazil: The term “black money” has popped up on this blog […]
In a ceremony in New York, 11 Brazilians are honored among 224 of the Most Influential People of African Descent in the World; award given to high achievers under 40
In a ceremony in New York, 11 Brazilians are honored among 224 of the Most Influential People of African Descent in the World; award given […]
The “New Black Globalization” – Connections of diasporas and African countries; recent visit by king of Yorubas to Brazil encourages calls for black nationalism
Note from BW of Brazil: The recent visit by King Oni of Ifé, leader of the Yoruba people in Nigeria, is being hailed as an […]
Does black love exist? In Brazil, miscegenation and interracial love relationships are always praised; where does that leave black couples?
Note from BW of Brazil: It was the kiss that blew up in black Brazilian social media. Back in February, João Alves de Assis Silva, better […]
“White in Brazil” comedy sketch pokes fun at white privilege and how the country’s race relations are still rooted in the slave era
Note from BW of Brazil: Some of the best comedy skits, sketches and routines that I’ve seen over the years are those that make me […]
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 […]
Why do we revere the 25th of July, the Afro-Latin American and Caribbean Women’s Day?
Note from BW of Brazil: Today is July 25th, the Afro-Latin American and Caribbean Women’s Day. A day in which black women reflect on the struggles […]
Inspired by Lupita Nyong’o, young women talk about prejudice and of the appreciation of black beauty
Note from BW of Brazil: The recent double victories of actress Lupita Nyong’o were celebrated throughout the African Diaspora and in black Brazilian social media […]
Racism at the Itaú Personnalité Bank in Rio: as clear as black and white
Note from BW of Brazil: Today’s story is very typical of how racism can sometimes take on the subtle or blatant variety in Brazil. Sometimes […]
The women of the NGO Estimativa: Overcoming invisibility
by Fabiana Oliveira Re.Fem: rapper and videographer A group of women from the periphery of Rio de Janeiro came together using art to inform and protest […]
