Note from BW of Brazil: African oriented cultural practices such as the musical style Samba, the martial art capoeira and adherence to the candomblé religion […]
Note from BW of Brazil: Talented singer/songwriter Larissa Luz paid her dues as the lead singer of the popular bloco afro Ara Ketu and is […]
A Cidade das Mulheres is a 72-minute documentary directed by Lázaro Faria that explores the Candomblé, an African derived religion that gave black Brazilian women power and […]
Note from BBT: The sudden death of the musician, arranger, producer and bandleader Letieres Leite last month saddened me for several minutes when the news […]
Note from BBT: I received this sad news in a similar manner that I’d received other stories and similar to other reports, I intially didn’t […]
Note from BBT: Reaching twenty-five years is always an accomplishment, whether we’re talking about a marriage, some record-breaking sports feat or a business. Twenty-five years […]
Note from BBT: My experiences academia always left me wondering, why is it that we rarely hear about accomplishments of black people in the sciences? […]
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 […]
Note from BBT: When you become aware of the history of African descendants in Brazil, you often times come to a sad conclusion: black Brazilians […]
Note from Black Brazil Today: The image is still fresh in my mind. The first time I ever saw Bahian singer Margareth Menezes was in […]
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. […]
Even with challenges of black authors publishing books in Brazil, the presence of Afro-Brazilian literature continues to grow By Marques Travae For years I’ve noted […]
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 […]
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 […]
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