Black Brazilian Music and The Emergence Black Aesthetics
Black Brazilian Music and The Emergence of Black Aesthetics Note from BW of Brazil: It’s amazing the changes I’ve witnessed with the population of black Brazilian […]
Afro-Brazilian women
Salon Line hair products commercial that pays homage to kinky/curly hair
Salon Line hair products commercial that pays homage to kinky/curly hair Note from BW of Brazil: “They took us out of our kingdom but they didn’t […]
Festival Latinidades: Largest Event For Black Women of Latin America
Festival Latinidades: Largest Event For Black Women of Latin America Note from BW of Brazil: Once again the date of July 25th, the International Afro-Latin […]
The Actress Taís Araújo will play the PhD Joana D’Arc Félix in a film
Actress Taís Araújo will play the PhD Joana D’Arc Félix in a film Note from BW of Brazil: Well, who da thunk it? Two more […]
Necessity of black Population discuss By Black women from Minas Gerais
Necessity of black Population discuss By Black women from Minas Gerais Note from BW of Brazil: When people sometimes ask me what inspired me to […]
Representin’! Black women occupy the legislature of the state of Minas Gerais for the first time in history
Note from BW of Brazil: Of course, people are still concerned with what the future will bring to Brazil with the election of Jair Bolsonaro […]
Disrespectful? In popular YouTube channel video, the female orixá (African deity) Iemanjá is depicted as offering oral sex to a white male
Note from BW of Brazil: Stories such as the one featured below make me really wonder if people are in fact this ignorant, or they in […]
In the city of Goiânia, 1,000 black women activists, leaders and specialists gather for the National Meeting of Black Women; event attended by Angela Davis
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s this sort of organizing that inspired me to create a blog about the situation of black women of Brazil in […]
In the nation’s capital, the Adélia Sampaio Exhibition examines the place of the black woman in Brazilian cinema, bringing together 20 films, all directed by Afro-Brazilian women
Note from BW of Brazil: Film production with black Brazilians both in front of and behind the cameras has been one of the most exciting […]
Olívia Santana, elected the 1st black state congresswoman from Bahia – Will her presence in the state assembly mean anything significant for the black population?
Note from BW of Brazil: The state of Bahia leaves quite an impression on first time visitors from the African Diaspora for a number of […]
Black hair is big business in Brazil; meet the top 5 black hair specialists in the country
Note from BW of Brazil: Care, treatment and maintenance of afro-textured hair is a HUGE topic in Brazil and as it is, it has always […]
“It’s time to vote for black women!”: In 2018 elections, more mulheres negras running for public office; Rio de Janeiro is the state with most black women running
Note from BW of Brazil: 2018 is shaping up to be one of the most important elections in many years for Brazilians. Of course, the […]
“Black women have a history and a voice”: Brazilian documentary brings together stories of black women; check out an interview with the director Day Rodrigues
Note from BW of Brazil: Documentaries such as this one are the very reason that spawned the idea of launching the Black Women of Brazil […]
“We’re in a struggle for our equal humanity”: Black women maintain Marielle Franco’s struggle one month after the Rio councilwoman’s assassination
Note from BW of Brazil: Hard to believe how quickly time goes by. But it’s already been one month since that the night of March […]
