Black Race Awards Honors Actor/Singer Tony Tornado
Black Race Awards Honors Actor/Singer Tony Tornado Note from BW of Brazil: I can still remember very well when I first heard the name Tony […]
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“Black Beauty: the night we are all ebony goddesses” – In Bahia, legendary bloco afro Ilê Aiyê crowns its 40th “Ebony Goddess”
Note from BW of Brazil: On Friday, February 15, 15 finalists competed for the yearly crown of the Deusa do Ébano (Ebony Goddess) of the legendary […]
First black doll store in Brazil to open in Rio; in a market where black dolls only make up 7% of the total, founder estimates she will sell 10,000 per month
Note from BW of Brazil: Well, needless to say, I am really happy and excited for the young lady behind this project. Ever since she […]
40 years of the Movimento Negro Unificado! On July 7, 1978, various black organizations came together to form Brazil’s modern day black rights movement
Note from BW of Brazil: 40 years! Four decades of struggle, marches, lectures, speeches, rallies and organizing. 40 years is a long time in some […]
The history of freedom in Brazil was written by slaves that achieved their liberation; one reason for decline of slavery was what slaves did to achieve freedom
Note from BW of Brazil: As most of us know, or at should know, history is always told from the perspective of the winners. As […]
“I found this slave in the smoking area! Whoever the owner is let me know!”: Student at FGV College suspended for racist comment/photo of black student
Note from BW of Brazil: Ya know, if you’ve read enough stories on this blog, you just might come to the conclusion that certain (white) […]
Fists up!! Members of Afro-Brazilian intellectual debate group fill mall movie theater to watch Black Panther; pride, cheers and emotion symbolize the whole night
Note from BW of Brazil: After all of the hype and anticipation of the premier of the Marvel film Black Panther in São Paulo, I’m […]
Our stories: The history of quilombo Palmares, one of the greatest stories of black resistance to slavery, is now in comic form in ‘Angola Janga – A history of Palmares’
Note from BW of Brazil: It goes with saying that, in terms of Black History, the story of the great quilombo known as Palmares is […]
State of black Brazil? Black award ceremony honors mayor, wealthy descendant of slave owners, who has 72% disapproval rating in black community
Note from BW of Brazil: Let me ask you something. When was the last time you had one of those WTF moments? You what I’m […]
17 black Brazilian women who fought against the institution of slavery that you won’t find in history textbooks
Note from BW of Brazil: Here at the Black Women of Brazil blog, we feature many stories, past and present that focus on the struggle […]
Where are the Afro-Brazilians in history books? 17 black people that you never learned about in school
Note from BW of Brazil: Today’s article is short, right to the point and something that my research and experiences on/in Brazil demonstrate why such […]
When they can’t beat you, they can always resort to the sell-out negro: São Paulo elects black city councilor who is as against black cause as any white conservative
“When white folks can’t defeat you they’ll always find some Negro—some boot-licking, butt-licking, buck-dancing, bamboozled, half-baked, half-fried, sissified, punkified, pasteurized, homogenized nigger—that they can trot […]
15 black Brazilian women writers that you should know
Note from BW of Brazil: Over the course of this blog’s existence, we have documented and demonstrated how Brazil consistently makes its black population invisible […]
July 25th, the International Day of Black Women – Date celebrates feminine blackness: read thoughts of 16 women on what it is to be a black woman in Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: Today, July 25th, is the day in which we celebrate the International Afro-Latin American and Afro-Caribbean Women’s Day. And as we […]
