Black Coalition for Rights: denounces President Bolsonaro arms decrees..
Black Coalition for Rights: denounces President Bolsonaro arms decrees.. Note from BW of Brazil: It’s no secret that Brazil is one of the world’s most […]
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Mãe Preta (Black Mother): Exhibition recovers history of black women
Mãe Preta (Black Mother): Exhibition recovers the history of black women Note from BW of Brazil: The history of the struggles, resistance and contributions of […]
LASA 2019 International Congress: Francy Silva has been invited
LASA 2019 International Congress: Francy Silva has been invited Note from BW of Brazil: We all need some help from time to time and today I […]
Museum of Image and Sound put on poetry workshop In Rio de Janeiro
Museum of Image and Sound put on poetry workshop In Rio de Janeiro Note from BW of Brazil: Amazing…Didn’t we just have a story similar […]
Cadernos Negros (Black Notebooks): “We can talk about our affection”
Note from BW of Brazil: I’m not sure of exactly when I became aware of the collective of Afro-Brazilian writers known as Quilombhoje, the group […]
Protagonist of the blockbuster ‘Cidade de Deus/City of God’ film is now an Uber driver; and this exposes our most perverse racism
Note from BW of Brazil: The years 2012 and 2017 made the 10th and 15th year anniversaries of the release of the film Cidade de […]
“In Brazil, a black woman is worthless,” says award-winning African author Scholastique Mukasonga after her experiences in the country
Note from BW of Brazil: As I’ve spent a lot of time over the past few decades learning about Brazil, I’m often intrigued by how […]
In the city of Goiânia, 1,000 black women activists, leaders and specialists gather for the National Meeting of Black Women; event attended by Angela Davis
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s this sort of organizing that inspired me to create a blog about the situation of black women of Brazil in […]
In the nation’s capital, the Adélia Sampaio Exhibition examines the place of the black woman in Brazilian cinema, bringing together 20 films, all directed by Afro-Brazilian women
Note from BW of Brazil: Film production with black Brazilians both in front of and behind the cameras has been one of the most exciting […]
Publisher Malê gathers black authors to change a market that portrays them as criminals, servants or slaves, where 2.5% of novelists were black until 2014
Note from BW of Brazil: There are so many areas in which black Brazilians lack opportunities that, as much as this blog as covered the […]
Aimed exclusively at contemporary black authors, Malê publisher aims to make Afro-Brazilian literature available in a book market that has long ignored it
Note from BW of Brazil: Just a few days ago, I was telling a friend that I post a lot of material on this blog […]
The price of being black & successful: Book by actor Lázaro Ramos presents a microcosm of obstacles Brazil constructs in the paths of its black citizens
Note from BW of Brazil: The talented actor Lázaro Ramos has appeared on the pages of this blog numerous times, particularly over the past few […]
77-year old black woman brings down the house at book festival with an emotional speech on racism; words lead top black actor and many others to tears
Note from BW of Brazil: So last Saturday, I received this video in one of my social networks. As I was busy and receive so […]
Catalog highlighting work of 180 black women released at Flip, one of Brazil’s top literary events; book demonstrates the invisibility of black women authors
Note from BW of Brazil: As with so many other areas of Brazilian society, when discussing the issue of literature, the question must be asked: […]
