Meet Michelle: Rio’s 2013 Carnaval season passista dancer
Note from BW of Brazil: Hard as it may be to believe, but Carnaval season n Brazil is right around the corner. In Rio, another […]
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“Our bodies are not available” – Carnaval dancers create the Samba Black Woman project; lectures address racism, sexism and women in the world of samba
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s a very timely discussion. In both Brazil and the United States these days, the question of sexual harassment and […]
From southern Brazil, Michele Crispim wins the fourth season of Master Chef; in her free time she is also a Carnaval queen
Note from BW of Brazil: Well it seems there’s cause for another celebration this week. Earlier this week, we presented a story documenting the second […]
The seedy world of Carnaval’s backstage: Former performers reveal power relations and sexual harassment in Rio’s biggest party in new book
Note from BW of Brazil: We’ve always heard that whatever happens in Rio, stays in Rio. The Carnaval season recently ended but the curiosity about Rio’s […]
Why the 2017 version of “Globeleza”, Carnaval’s poster girl, is a new perspective on Carnival – and not just for us, black women
Note from BW of Brazil: It goes without saying that the 2017 edition of Globo TV’s Carnaval poster girl, the Globeleza, has caused quite a […]
Carnaval dancer Janaína Azevedo receives an ‘indecent proposal’ from event organizer and fires back: ‘Don’t mistake entertainment with prostitution’
Note from BW of Brazil: Let’s just be real about this subject. In an atmosphere in which women show a lot of flesh and there’s […]
Does Carnaval have prejudice against black queens? Are we seeing a whitening process? More voices weigh in
Note from BW of Brazil: A few days ago we presented a rising concern that the participation of blacks, specifically black women, is slowly being […]
Traditionally “queens” and “godmothers” of the drumbeat during Carnaval, are black women losing their places to white women?
Note from BW of Brazil: I know how some will react to today’s topic. “Why are you bringing the race thing into Carnaval? Carnaval is […]
Blocos afros Muzenza and Ilê Aiyê elect their black queens for the 2015 Carnaval in Salvador, Bahia!
Note from BW of Brazil: When most people around the world think of Brazilian Carnaval, they usually think of the spectacle broadcast from Rio de […]
Carnaval may be coming, but for expert Eliane Oliveira, racism remains the order of the day at Brazil’s most powerful TV network
Note from BW of Brazil: Right around this, depending on where one lives in Brazil, the heavily percussive sounds of rehearsals peculating into the night signal one […]
When the bright lights go dim: Two of Carnaval’s poster girls fall into depression after losing their status
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s something that millions dream of. Lights, camera, fame and fortune. Of course the feeling must be of utter joy […]
Michelle Fernandes: iG Passista dancer of Rio for 2013
Michelle Fernandes was recently crowned the iG Passista dance of Rio for 2013. In a previous article, Michelle spoke a bit about her victory and […]
Meet the Rio dancers that will portray the black Adam and Eve in a Carnaval parade
Willians José da Silva Marins and Aime do Carmos Rodrigues Lopes will be Adam and Eve So Willians and Aime were chosen to portray […]
Black Women of Brazil presents Faces of Carnaval, Part 2
In celebration of the arrival of Carnaval season, Black Women of Brazil presents Faces of Carnaval Images from the cities of Niterói and Rio de Janeiro […]
