Rich descendants and ex-slaves who returned to Africa | Black Brazil
Rich descendants and ex-slaves who returned to Africa | Black Brazil Note from BW of Brazil: The complicated history of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and centuries […]
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“I don’t wanna be your friend”: The precarious state of black women’s love lives
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s been a topic that’s intrigued me for a number of years. In any social network in which black Brazilians […]
Eight racist stereotypes that Brazilian novelas need to stop using: The continuous invisibility and devaluation of the black population
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s a topic that’s been discussed in numerous previous posts: the images, representation, and stereotypes of Afro-Brazilians on television. So […]
“Mãe Preta” (black mother) exhibit displays the importance of black women in the social formation of Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: It is a topic that is one of the primary focuses of this very blog. What is the experience, influence, […]
You black men who prefer white women and we black women who you pass over
Note from BW of Brazil: It seems that a hot topic never completely disappears. It may even fade into the background for a while but […]
From the first heartbreak to a nonexistent love life: How my loneliness taught me self-love
“I found the greatest love of all inside of me” – Michael Masser and Linda Creed Note from BW of Brazil: The pain of the […]
One state’s ad for World Breastfeeding Week harks back to Brazil’s slavery era
Note from BW of Brazil: In yesterday’s post, we mentioned how, because of the legacy of slavery, “something as simple as changing the skin color […]
“For sale, for rental and runaways”: Black slaves in 19th century classified ads; a reminder of May 13th, when slavery was abolished in Brazil 127 years ago
Note from BW of Brazil: As we’ve seen recently, 350 year plus years of the inhumane institution of slavery has had and continues to have […]
Black thought in Belo Horizonte: Groups in Minas Gerais capital city dedicate themselves to research in black theater
All photos taken from the spectacular O Negro, a Flor e o Rosário Note from BW of Brazil: Black theater is a genre that is very […]
Disgraceful! TV program satirizes the sale of slaves using white actors in blackface
Note from BW of Brazil: Why don’t we just make it official? Blackface is and has been for many years part of Brazil’s historical catalog […]
126 years of abolition: black women and the meaning of May 13th
Note from BW of Brazil: Another May 13th has come and gone but even 126 years after this historic day when Princesa Isabel signed […]
What happened to the black Brazilian woman on May 14, 1888?: The day after the abolition of slavery
Black women on May 14th, 1888 It was a sunny Sunday, when Princess Isabel signed the Lei Áurea (Golden Law) which abolished Slavery in Brazil. […]
“Black Women Tell Your Story” Award selects the best essays on the trajectory of Afro-Brazilian women
Concurso/Prêmio Mulheres Negras contam sua História The best five compositions will be awarded R$5,000 (US$2,500), and the five candidates selected in the Essay category […]
