Senzala Hi-Tech: Music considers a future where black people “Exist”
Note from BW of Brazil: To be honest, I don’t even remember how I stumbled upon the music of the Hip Hop collective known as Senzala […]
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A few hours of pleasure? Motel Senzala in Porto Alegre, located in southern Brazil, offers slavery-themed rooms complete with chains, shackles and cages
A few hours of pleasure? Motel Senzala in Porto Alegre, located in southern Brazil, offers slavery-themed rooms complete with chains, shackles and cages Ya see, […]
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 […]
Black men and black women are loving each other: How Afrocentric relationships reverberate with processes of self-affirmation of black cultural identity
Note from BBT: When we speak of the question of black unity and why it is necessary, it appears to be a topic that’s pretty simple. […]
For black people, “clothes can be armor against racism”, says Hanayrá Negreiros, the new assistant curator of fashion at MASP, one of Brazil’s top museums
Note from BBT: It often amazes me the indelible imprint that such a horrific institution as slavery can leave on an entire nation. I know […]
From samba to mangue beat: how Africa influenced Brazilian music
Note from BBT: As one might gather from some of my previous posts, I’ve been a fan of Brazilian music for two decades now. In […]
Another black woman rescued from condition of slavery – 63-year old served Rio university professor for 41 years; professor’s identity still not revealed
Note from BBT: Another. Black. Woman. ENSLAVED. To be quite honest here, I don’t really even know what else can be said here. I actually […]
“My mother is white, my daughter is white, I can’t support black unity”: Mixed race rapper’s comments evidence a dilemma in Brazil’s black struggle
“My mother is white, my daughter is white, I can’t support black unity”: Mixed race rappers comments evidence a dilemna in Brazil’s black struggle By […]
On this date in 1935 was born one of Brazil’s most important intellectuals, a leading voice of black women and Afro-Brazilians, Lélia Gonzalez
Note from BBT: It’s very fitting that the subject of today’s post is being featured on what would have been her 86th birthday as well […]
In a recent issue, GQ Brasil magazine featured three covers with black men; meet Agatha Barbosa, a fashion producer responsible for making it happen
Note from BBT: Another story from the vault. The origins of today’s post actually go back to last July of last year and even though […]
Woman living in conditions similar to slavery for 38 years released by authorities
Note from BW of Brazil: I became of this story last week, but I’ve been simply to busy to get to it. When I heard […]
Resistance and Memory: November 20th, the National Day of Black Consciousness
Note from BBT: Perhaps because of this pandemic that has dominated the activities and memory of this year more than anything else, this year’s day […]
“I’m the biggest racist on the planet and I hate the black race,” says a woman in a bank agency
Note from BBT: Brazil isn’t the United States. In Brazil, white, black and mixed people lived harmoniously without all of the racial animosity there is […]
Rebeca Mello Disqualified from an Affirmative Action Program
Rebeca Mello Disqualified from an Affirmative Action Program Note from BBT: I swear, the more this continues, the more interesting it gets. It’s actually kind […]
