The influence of Afro Brazilian religions on the festivities | An overview
The influence of Afro Brazilian religions on the festivities | An overview Note from BW of Brazil: New Year’s Eve brings a lot of symbolism, hope […]
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Feira Preta is the largest black cultural event in Latin America
Feira Preta is the largest black cultural event in Latin America, but even with 18 years of success, it suffers the same fate of black […]
Baco Exu do Blues: Brazilian Music Paves the way for Stage Rapper
Baco Exu do Blues: Brazilian Music Paves the way for Stage Rapper Note from BW of Brazil: The more one is able to de-program him […]
Segunda PRETA: Dedicated to giving visibility to black in Belo Horizonte
Segunda PRETA: Dedicated to giving visibility to black in Belo Horizonte Dedicated to giving visibility to black actors and actress in Belo Horizonte, segundaPRETA, meaning […]
Orisha Statue is a Target of Vandalism in Salvador | Bahia
Orisha Statue is a Target of Vandalism in Salvador | Bahia Candomblé divinity statue is a target of vandalism in the Dique do Tororó The […]
Robson Câmara: Historical debt with black people has not been paid
Robson Câmara: Historical debt with black people has not been paid Note: Every year on May 13th, there are discussions about the situation of the […]
Writer Ale Santos Recovers Forgotten Passages of Black History
Writer Ale Santos Recovers Forgotten Passages of Black History Note from BW of Brazil: I’ve said it before and it still applies. For those of […]
Re-connecting with the Motherland: Rio de Janeiro hosts the largest collection of Yoruba art outside Africa
Note from BW of Brazil: It must be acknowledged that when many black readers of the blog and black visitors to Brazil come to know […]
It’s Carnaval time, but what do you know about the Afoxé groups, symbols of African culture, resistance against racism?
Note from BW of Brazil: Well, it’s officially on! Bring the noise, bring the song, dance, drums, costumes and revelry, because it’s that time once […]
Brazilian film “Besouro” being shown again in Los Angeles at the Pan African Film Festival; movie about 1920s capoeira master was awarded best film in 2011
Note from BW of Brazil: When I recently discovered that the film Besouro was being shown in Los Angeles, California, at the Pan African Film […]
What is the link between Brazil’s world famous Carnival and religions of African-origin such as the Candomblé?
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s about that time…again! Yes, in less than one month, the madness, music, and muses that are just a few […]
“Black music is ours!”: Larissa Luz, Luedji Luna and Xênia França join their voices in project to celebrate power of black women in Bahian music
Note from BW of Brazil: I have to say that we are living in inspiring times if one seeks black representation with black artists who […]
Between color and candomblé: Professor Kiusam de Oliveira explains how involvement with Afro-Brazilian religions strengthened her as a black woman
Note from BW of Brazil: One of the key areas of study to understanding the brutal experience of the enslavement and the assault on African […]
Candomblé, a religion of resistance: A maximum expression of black culture that has been Afro-Brazil’s weapon of struggle and survival
“I’m a Candomblé militant. I do a black theater that is guided matricially by candomblé. I am not connected to the black movement just because […]
