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Afro-Brazilians are as complex as any other group, but like one participant on a reality show, we need more people who want to be Brazil’s greatest black leader

February 25, 2021 Marques Travae 0

Note from BBT: The episodes of the 21st season of the reality show Big Brother Brasil have demonstrated the many problems and clashes among black […]

Slavery: 4.8 million Africans were enslaved in Brazil

June 23, 2020 Marques Travae 2

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 […]

Yacy and Yara Sá: The twin descendants of fugitive slave communities

September 13, 2019 Marques Travae 0

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

September 6, 2019 Marques Travae 0

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

August 29, 2019 Marques Travae 1

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

May 28, 2018 Marques Travae 1

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

February 11, 2018 Marques Travae 1

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’

January 10, 2018 Marques Travae 3

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

October 3, 2017 Marques Travae 1

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 […]

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Brazilian wins scholarship in Obama program with project that links tourism to quilombola communities

September 30, 2017 Marques Travae 0

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 […]

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As the dispute over land rights heats up, eight quilombola (maroon society) inhabitants have recently been murdered in the state of Bahia

August 28, 2017 Marques Travae 1

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

August 13, 2017 Marques Travae 0

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

August 10, 2017 Marques Travae 2

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

July 18, 2017 Marques Travae 2

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 […]

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Afro-Brazilians are as complex as any other group, but like one participant on a reality show, we need more people who want to be Brazil’s greatest black leader

Slavery: 4.8 million Africans were enslaved in Brazil

Yacy and Yara Sá: The twin descendants of fugitive slave communities

Rocket Launch Center Threatens to Force Quilombola families off land

Burning in the Amazon Rainforest is the same as The Indigenous

“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

Brazil’s Supreme Court declares quilombo land decree constitutional; historic regions are lands established by fugitive slaves

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’

Another quilombola community leader murdered in Bahia: 36-year old Binho latest in string of assassinations most likely connected to land rights

Brazilian wins scholarship in Obama program with project that links tourism to quilombola communities

As the dispute over land rights heats up, eight quilombola (maroon society) inhabitants have recently been murdered in the state of Bahia

“Not one less quilombo!”: On August 16th, the future of millions of quilombolas (maroon society inhabitants) will be decided in the Federal Supreme Court

Brazilian government threatens the land rights of quilombolas; inhabitants are descendants of fugitive slave communities protected by Constitution

17 black Brazilian women who fought against the institution of slavery that you won’t find in history textbooks

“Foreigners think that Brazil is black and mulata; but there are blonds too!” Comments of popular TV host from the 90s show concern with country’s image

“Will the baby be born light?”: Like Meghan Markle, black Brazilian mothers have heard this question

Black representativeness in the field of health: Once a rarity to see a black doctor, these professionals are making history in their fields

After experiencing traumas in sessions with white therapists, more black Brazilians seek psychologists of the same color

“White girls never look at me!” How one participant’s desire to swirl on popular reality show raises questions about the self-esteem of black men

On April 7th, one of Brazil’s most beloved humorists, Mussum, would have turned 80; musician’s life and career symbolize changing attitudes on race in Brazil

In a period of two weeks, three well-known Afro-Brazilian entertainers die from Covid-19; country continues to set record numbers with deadly second wave

Guinea pigs? Popular TV host Xuxa suggests prisoners be used to test vaccines instead of animals; Brazil’s prison population is nearly 2/3 black and brown

‘Executive Order’ is being hyped as best Brazilian film since City of God; plot surrounds Brazilian government attempting to deport blacks back to Africa

March 22: The birthday of Jorge Ben, the guitarist who revolutionized Brazilian music mixing Samba, Bossa Nova and Soul with lyrics that celebrated blackness

With “This is My Color” campaign and commercial, Avon launches makeup products to meet needs of wide range of black skin tones

Ten Black Brazilians included on 2020 MIPAD | Black Brazil Today

Bombril scouring pad “Krespinha” Stereotypes Associate Product

Brazilian Governmental Campaign for Economic Recovery

Brazil’s advertising industry Continues to Value Whiteness