Slavery: 4.8 million Africans were enslaved in Brazil
Slavery: 4.8 million Africans were enslaved Note from BW of Brazil: As descendants of Africans enslaved in the United States, we African-Americans grow up learning about […]
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Yacy and Yara Sá: The twin descendants of fugitive slave communities
Note from BW of Brazil: I actually told you guys about this wonderful duo that is the focus of today’s post a few days ago. In […]
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 […]
Burning in the Amazon Rainforest is the same as The Indigenous
Burning in the Amazon Rainforest is the same as The Indigenous Note from BW of Brazil: By now everyone has seen at least a few images […]
“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 […]
Brazil’s Supreme Court declares quilombo land decree constitutional; historic regions are lands established by fugitive slaves
Note from BW of Brazil: Great news here! I must admit, when I started hearing activists chattering about a push for a land grab, disgustingly […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“They don’t even serve for procreating”: In Jewish club, Congressman Jair Bolsonaro, the “Brazilian Trump”, infuriates Afro-Brazilians with comments on black quilombo communities
Note from BW of Brazil: As this blog is specifically focused on issues of race with a focus on the experiences of black Brazilian women, […]