Portela Samba School dancer Nilce Fran
Nilce Fran, a veteran dancer for the famed Portela Samba School in Rio de Janeiro emphasizes that everything she’s conquested is due to the samba. […]
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August 12: The birthdate of one of Brazil’s greatest singers, Clara Nunes; the artist would have turned 78
August 12: The birthdate of one of Brazil’s greatest singers, Clara Nunes; the artist would have turned 78 Note from Black Brazil Today: In numerous past […]
One of the first black women to become a successful model in Brazil’s fashion industry, Veluma discusses her career
Note from BBT: Ok, so we know that Brazil has long been and continues to be a very exclusionary country in terms of race and what […]
Black Racism: 21 people tell When They Realized They Were Black
Black Racism: 21 people tell When They Realized They Were Black Note from BW of Brazil: As long as I’ve been learning about what it […]
The History of Carnival in Brazil
The History of Carnival in Brazil Note from BW of Brazil: Well, once again it’s on. Everyone in Brazil and even millions of people around […]
32% of Afro Brazilian Entrepreneurs have been denied credit
32% of Afro Brazilian Entrepreneurs have been denied credit 32% of Afro Brazilian Entrepreneurs have been denied credit By Marques Travae with info from Folha […]
Rocket Launch Center Threatens to Force Quilombola families off land
Rocket Launch Center Threatens to Force Quilombola families off the land Note from BW of Brazil: The city of Alcântara, Maranhão, in Brazil’s northeast, is the […]
“Wakanda is…in Europe”? “The white is black?”: Daniela Mercury’s latest song “Black Panther Goddess”, represents a universalization that, even in homage, cannot fully accept blackness
Note from BW of Brazil: You wanna know how Brazil has managed to skate under the radar of being one of the most racist countries […]
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 […]
Race and revelry at the biggest party: Black “queens of the drumbeat” are the majority in Rio’s Carnival
Note from BW of Brazil: It would be pretty easy for one to believe that racial politics play no role in Brazil’s most joyful time […]
Brazilian old school/new school singers, rappers, DJs & dancers remake ‘70s funk classic “Mandamentos Black” for release of Netflix’s ‘The Get Down’ in Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: I guess you could say this under-appreciated period in Brazilian Popular Music is one of my favorites (see here, here […]
Samba Roots: What was the historical significance of black women in samba?
Note from BW of Brazil: Studying the history of samba is a key element to understanding the struggle of Afro-Brazilians. From its beginnings, the musical genre […]
After the brutal murder of five black males by police, Rio’s Madureira neighborhood takes to the streets; call for the end of extermination of black youth
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s already been one week last night since five young black males were gunned down in a hail of gunfire […]
