Black male corporeity and the crisis of affection: The necessity of the re-signification of the black male body
Note from BW of Brazil: As the focus and title of this blog is black women of Brazil, I spend a lot of time giving […]
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“A Black Embrace”: On TV special, actresses interpret texts of celebrated Afro-Brazilian authors and discuss black professional experience in various fields
Note from BW of Brazil: The celebrations of observations of the Month of Black Consciousness are in full swing in Brazil! It is in this […]
Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, films video for his song “Black Woman” with cast of Afro-Brazilian women in Rio and Porto Alegre
Note from BW of Brazil: In a post from November of 2013, BW of Brazil presented an article about an homage to the late, great […]
Welcome to Rio2016 Olympics! Afro-Brazilians and favela culture conquer the world with a dazzling display at the Opening Ceremony!
Note from BW of Brazil: Well unless you were sleeping, unconscious or simply not interested, you know that the long anticipated 2016 Olympics in Rio […]
Hailed as the “Brazilian Whitney Houston”, singer Thalita Pertuzatti thrills audiences with a four show salute to the legend in São Paulo and Rio. But will Brazil ever promote a black female singer to superstar status?
Note from BW of Brazil: Last Sunday was just a typical Sunday for this writer; nothing particularly special. And although I am for the most […]
The Movimento das Mulheres Negras Capixabas: The Black Woman’s Movement of Espírito Santo
Note from BW of Brazil: The struggle of black Brazilian women to be simply recognized as black women, change the public perception as well as […]
“When there was the first movie theater of Novo Hamburgo, blacks sat in a separate place and couldn’t leave from there”: Dona Dora, 91, remembers 1930s southern Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: Our elders, besides being the foundations of our families and important branches in our genealogical trees are living, breathing sources […]
Things that a racist society does to you – Brazil: Where being a black woman is an automatic stereotype
Note from BW of Brazil: The practice of racism plays out in a myriad of ways. Often times, when people hear the terms terms racism […]
Elza Soares: “Brazil’s Tina Turner and Celia Cruz; the BBC’s “Singer of the Millenium.”
Described as “an explosive mixture of Tina Turner with Celia Cruz,” by Time Out magazine, the main cultural guide of London, Elza Soares (da Conceição) is today […]
