President of Olodum, João Jorge Rodrigues, criticizes dominance of white artists like Ivete Sangalo Speaking on an issue we have covered in past articles here […]
Note from BBT: The sudden death of the musician, arranger, producer and bandleader Letieres Leite last month saddened me for several minutes when the news […]
Note from BBT: I received this sad news in a similar manner that I’d received other stories and similar to other reports, I intially didn’t […]
Note from BBT: Black Brazilian musical artists are finally beginning to get their just due. As Brazilians and as black. This may not sound like […]
Note from BBT: I don’t really remember exactly how I learned about the Orquestra Afrosinfônica, which could be translated as the ‘afrosymphonic orchestra’, but once […]
Note from Black Brazil Today: The image is still fresh in my mind. The first time I ever saw Bahian singer Margareth Menezes was in […]
Note from BBT: As the title of the piece below says, it’s black Brazil’s turn to shine in the media. For years, this blog as […]
Note from BBT: It’s happened numerous times over my time posting material to this blog that I set out to do a particular article and, […]
Note from BBT: In previous posts, I’ve gone into how it’s been a difficult month of May for 2020. In reality, I’ll just say that […]
Note from BBT: So the so-called “Bahian Apartheid” strikes again. I’ve always loved the state of Bahia. It was the first place in Brazil that […]
Note from BBT: I’m not one to quickly fall for the hype, and often times, when I weigh in on a given topic, it’s […]
Singer Margareth Menezes: “Brazil’s music industry is a ‘privilege machine’ for white artists Note from BBT: It’s funny, but the arts and athletics are supposedly […]
Funk feud Re Match: Ludmilla Again Insulted With Racist Taunts Funk feud, Re match: Tensions escalate as singers Ludmilla and Anitta continue their beef; Ludmilla […]
TV director Criticized After Racist Comments about Maju and Thelma Got your back? After causing uproar with racist comments about two famous black women, former […]
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