Rocket Launch Center Threatens to Force Quilombola families off land
Rocket Launch Center Threatens to Force Quilombola families off the land Note from BW of Brazil: The city of Alcântara, Maranhão, in Brazil’s northeast, is the […]
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“Books by whites don’t interest us. Here is the space of appreciation of our own”: Musician creates project to preserve traditions in quilombola community
Note from BW of Brazil: While people continue to believe that Brazil is a country in which the various races form one great, big, happy […]
Another quilombola community leader murdered in Bahia: 36-year old Binho latest in string of assassinations most likely connected to land rights
Note from BW of Brazil: The people know what’s going on. Some months back, as the issue of land rights of Afro-Brazilian fugitive slave communities […]
Brazilian wins scholarship in Obama program with project that links tourism to quilombola communities
Note from BW of Brazil: Barack Obama has been out of the White House for more than eight months now, but even so, his name continues […]
As the dispute over land rights heats up, eight quilombola (maroon society) inhabitants have recently been murdered in the state of Bahia
Note from BW of Brazil: The situation involving quilombo territories something we should be paying close attention to. In case you’re not familiar with quilombos and […]
“Not one less quilombo!”: On August 16th, the future of millions of quilombolas (maroon society inhabitants) will be decided in the Federal Supreme Court
Note from BW of Brazil: This coming week, Brazil’s Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal) will make a decisionn that will affect the lives of tens […]
Brazilian government threatens the land rights of quilombolas; inhabitants are descendants of fugitive slave communities protected by Constitution
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s been a while since I approached this topic and now more than ever, we must inform the world of […]
For black quilombola girls, victims of enslavement and sexual abuse in the state of Goiás, there was no hashtag calling for justice
Note from BW of Brazil: With the most recent Military Police bloodbath that claimed the lives of still more young black males, we find yet […]
75% of quilombolas, descendants of runaway slave societies, live in extreme poverty
Note from BW of Brazil: The history of quilombos in Brazil is an important part of the history of black resistance within a racist society. […]
The black man and the myth of male privilege
Note from BBT: I want to start today’s post off with a question. When was the last time you had a discussion or debate with […]
In 2022, the World Cup starts on Black Consciousness Day and revives memory of the anti-racist struggle in Brazil
Note from BBT: How fitting it is that the 2022 World Cup is starting in the month of November. I say this because, for those […]
Black Brazilians repudiate former Formula One driver’s usage of term ‘neguinho’ referring to Lewis Hamilton; but is the term equal to the ‘n-word’?
Note from BBT: So, recently an incident that underlines and exemplifies Brazil’s racial issues made international headlines. Whenever this happens, I always get a chuckle […]
After two year delay, film ‘Marighella’, about the Brazilian revolutionary, debuts in Brazil; learn a few facts about the movie and the man
Note from BBT: The wait is over. Finally. The first four words are not just my own, but also that of the Mídia Ninja website […]
“Portrayal of black people a disservice”: New soap opera “In The Emperor’s Times” misrepresents history and causes anger from black activists
Note from BBT: I’ve always taken issue with Brazil’s mass media’s obsession with always presenting the slavery era on its airwaves. Back in 2016, I […]
