Contestants from “The Most Beautiful Black Woman of Amapá” contest
Karla Marques was crowned The Most Beautiful Black Woman of the state of Amapá Photos from the Centro de Cultura Negra do Amapá (Black […]
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Contestants from “The Most Beautiful Black Woman of Amapá” contest, part 2
Photos from the Centro de Cultura Negra do Amapá (Black Culture Center of Amapá) “Most Beautiful Black Woman of Amapá” held during Brazil’s Month of […]
Contestants from “The Most Beautiful Black Woman of Amapá” contest, part 3
Photos from the Centro de Cultura Negra do Amapá (Black Culture Center of Amapá) “Most Beautiful Black Woman of Amapá” held during Brazil’s Month of […]
Contestants from “The Most Beautiful Black Woman of Amapá” contest, part 4
Photos from the Centro de Cultura Negra do Amapá (Black Culture Center of Amapá) “Most Beautiful Black Woman of Amapá” held during Brazil’s Month […]
The representation of black women in Brazil’s novelas (soap operas)
Aparecida Petrowki (left) and Camila Pitanga Taís Araújo (left) and Maria Ceiça By Rosa Estrada I have just under three decades of existence, and, because […]
Student of Brazil’s Federal District Public school system accuses teacher of racism; student was called ‘neguinho’
A 17-year old second year high school student at Centro Educacional IV, in Sobradinho II in the administrative region of Brazil’s capital city recently accused […]
Zaíra de Oliveira: One of the Brazil’s greatest singers that you’ve never heard of
Originally published on Monday, November 28, 2011 Republished in recognition of Month of Black Consciousness Zaíra de Oliveira (1891-1951) was a classically-trained soprano that studied […]
Carolina de Jesus, writer: from the slums of São Paulo to international acclaim
Originally published on November 25, 2011 Republished in recognition of the Month of Black Consciousness Carolina Maria de Jesus (1915-1977) (1) was a favelada (slum dweller) from […]
Day of Black Consciousness 2012: photos of festivities in cities throughout Brazil
November 20this said to be the day that the great Palmares quilombo (maroon society of runaway slaves) leader, Zumbi, was killed in 1695. In 1971 a group […]
Actress/lawyer Dandara Albuquerque: "Black beauty should be recognized and appreciated, but this will only happen when blacks themselves are proud of it"
The daughter of a white father and black mother, Dandara Albuquerque is 23 and lives in the famed Copacabana region of Rio de Janeiro. This […]
Cida Abreu: “The Workers’ Party has to transform Brazil and build a better society for everyone”
Cida Abreu, NationalSecretariat to Combat Racism NationalSecretariat to Combat Racism speaks of challenges ahead for the party, on the occasionof its 32th anniversary. “We have […]
Long time actress Neusa Borges suffers a stroke in Rio de Janeiro
Yesterday morning, long time actress Neusa Borges, 70, was taken to Barra D’Or Hospital, on the west side of Rio de Janeiro where he is […]
Long time actress Neuza Borges suffers a stroke in Rio de Janeiro
Yesterday morning, long time actress NeuzaBorges, 70, was taken to Barra D’Or Hospital, on the west side of Rio de Janeiro where he is hospitalized […]
Young blacks have a new perspective for the future *
With the increasing number of affirmative policies, such as the creation of quotas for African descendants in public universities and the Statute of Racial […]
