September 7: Brazil’s Independence Day & the role of blacks in abolition
Note from BW of Brazil: I knew there was something about August 31 that I was forgetting. It just hit me today. As today is […]
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Liberdade: Meaning ‘liberty’, São Paulo neighborhood known for its Japanese population was area of slaves and freed blacks once tortured and buried
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s actually been a few years now, but for some time after I arrived in São Paulo, I used to […]
The Rebouças family: In 19th century Brazil, during the slavery era, this incredible family included accomplished doctors, lawyers, scientists and engineers
Note from BW of Brazil: There are a number of fascinating stories and figures in Brazil’s history, and many of them have to do with […]
May 13: 132 years of abolition of slavery in Brazil, the country that enslaved the most Africans in the New World – But, still today, is there anything to celebrate?
Note from BW of Brazil: For those not familiar with the history of slavery in Brazil perhaps you should know that today, May 13th, 2020, […]
Bafo Afro: Teacher in Southern Brazil creates card game to teach her students about history’s black heroes and heroines
Note from BW of Brazil: When I think back on my years in the American education system, I can testify to the fact that there […]
Viradouro wins Rio’s Carnaval! Group won with theme about 19th century black women who used their work earnings to buy freedom of enslaved blacks
Viradouro crowned champion of Rio’s Carnaval; group won with a theme about 19th century black women who used their earnings to buy the freedom of […]
“We don’t need heroes, we need good stories”: Book about black resistance to slavery at the famed Palmares maroon society to become mini-series in the US
Note from BW of Brazil: Can you say B-I-G N-E-W-S??? This is definitely big news. I first presented readers to the work of cartoonist, illustrator and […]
On February 1st, 1935, Lélia de Almeida Gonzalez, the woman that revolutionized the movement for black Brazilian rights, was born
Note from BW of Brazil: Like other important figures in the modern day black Brazilian movement, such as Abdias do Nascimento and Benedita da Silva, […]
In 1945, in a field dominated by white men, Enedina Marques became the first black woman to earn an engineering degree in Brazil
In 1945, in a field dominated by white men, Enedina Marques became the first black woman to earn an engineering degree in Brazil By Marques […]
The only black professor in the University of Brasília history dept, Ana Flávia Magalhães presents stories overcoming denial of Afro-Brazilian existence
Note from BW of Brazil: Professor Ana Flávia Magalhães Pinto is someone whose work I have followed since I first became aware of her. Her […]
The lawyer of the slaves: Prohibited from going to law school because he was black, in the 19th century Luís Gama legally freed 500 slaves before abolition
Note from BW of Brazil: I have always considered Luís Gama to be one of the most important black men in Brazil’s history. In my […]
They gotta take Wakanda too? Wakanda Festival will happen in São Paulo without any black artists scheduled to perform
They gotta take Wakanda too? Wakanda Festival will happen in São Paulo without any black artists scheduled to perform By Marques Travae WTF? What really […]
Mãe Preta (Black Mother): Exhibition recovers history of black women who breastfed the white children during slavery to reflect on structures that persist today
Note from BW of Brazil: The history of the struggles, resistance and contributions of black women in Brazilian society is an untold chapter in the […]
Faculdade Zumbi dos Palmares, Brazil’s only black college, releases book ‘Black Box’ highlighting great accomplishments of black people made invisible by history
Note from BW of Brazil: It sees that Brazil’s only majority black college, Faculdade Zumbi dos Palmares (UniPalmares) is making some moves. A few weeks […]