Family that enslaved black woman for 38 years financed their daughter’s medical school tuition with woman’s pension
Note from BBT: I swear this story gets worse every time I look more into. I mean, the original story was disgusting enough as it […]
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DNA of Brazil: A Nation Constructed on The Rape of Black
Note from BBT: Let’s be real, this information should come as no sort of shock to anyone who has even the slightest understanding of the […]
Candomblé: Resistance and Recognition of Afro-Brazilian Cuisine
Candomblé: Resistance and Recognition of Afro-Brazilian Cuisine Note from BW of Brazil: “Brazilian culture couldn’t survive without our workforce, without our imagination, without that which […]
Amor Preto: The Cure for a generation thirsty for integration with enslavers
Amor Preto: The Cure for a generation thirsty for integration with enslavers Note from BW of Brazil: I came across the piece below several months […]
Senior Citizen is a Victim of Racism in Diadema | Black Brazil
Senior Citizen is a Victim of Racism in Diadema | Black Brazil Note from BW of Brazil: This blog is dedicated to presenting news coming […]
After endless criticism of photo that drew comparisons to slavery, ‘Vogue Brasil’ director Donata Meirelles resigns
Note from BW of Brazil: Well, something had to give. Over the past week, black Brazilians have been blasting the director of Vogue Brasil’s photos […]
Welcome to 2019!! But before we move on, here’s a recap of the Top Ten new stories at Black Women of Brazil of 2018
WELCOME TO 2019!! Hard to believe (as always) but yet another year has come and gone. And here at the BW of Brazil blog, we […]
Documentary “A Última Abolição” (‘The Last Abolition’) shows the situation of blacks in modern day Brazilian society and contemplates an incomplete abolition
Note from BW of Brazil: Every year, on May 13th, Afro-Brazilian activists, writers and leaders reflect on what this date actually means. On May 13th, […]
The Paraguayan War (1864-1870), fought between Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina & Uruguay, was South America’s worst conflict; war had Aryanizing effect on Brazil, eliminating about 100,000 black slaves
The Paraguayan War (1864-1870), fought between Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina & Uruguay, was South America’s worst conflict; war had Aryanizing effect on Brazil, eliminating about 100,000 […]
For presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, “the Brazilian Trump”, Africans are responsible for slavery and country owes black population nothing for slavery
For presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, “the Brazilian Trump”, Africans are responsible for slavery and country owes black population nothing for slavery By Marques Travae; images […]
A few hours of pleasure? Motel Senzala in Porto Alegre, located in southern Brazil, offers slavery-themed rooms complete with chains, shackles and cages
A few hours of pleasure? Motel Senzala in Porto Alegre, located in southern Brazil, offers slavery-themed rooms complete with chains, shackles and cages Ya see, […]
The historical construction of racism in Brazil: exclusion of blacks from access to land, low investment in education are factors in current racial inequalities
Note from BW of Brazil: I’m quite sure that even as this blog will be completing seven years of exposing the racial situation in Brazil, […]
The 1835 Revolt of the Malês: The Legacy of the black Muslims that rebelled in Bahia 53 years before the abolition of slavery
Note from BW of Brazil: Many years ago when I began to learn about the struggle of Afro-Brazilians to achieve equality in a Brazilian society that […]
The history of freedom in Brazil was written by slaves that achieved their liberation; one reason for decline of slavery was what slaves did to achieve freedom
Note from BW of Brazil: As most of us know, or at should know, history is always told from the perspective of the winners. As […]