For Brazilians, this statement showed a stunning ignorance of the country, which is the fifth largest in the world and is one of the seven-largest economies. But ignorance about Afro-Brazilians and ...

Brazil’s demographic makeup has been diverse since colonial times, with indigenous populations, enslaved Africans, and European settlers forming the foundation of the country’s ethnic composition.

The date was first suggested and celebrated by a Black group from the south of the country in the 1970s during the military dictatorship Vai além de poder ser um feriado; é um momento de consciência, ...

The activist scholar devoted her life to sketching out a revisionist historiography of resistance in Latin America but also the world. Beatriz Nascimento. As told by others, the narratives of Black ...

The radical thought, activism, and aesthetics of Beatriz Nascimento provided the historical basis for Black Brazilian movements throughout the 1970s and ’80s under the country’s military dictatorship.

Matthew Pettway was inspired at a young age by his father’s dedication to learning multiple languages. The interests of his father, who was born in Mobile, piqued Pettway’s curiosity about the world ...

Black History Month arrives every year with familiar rituals, yet it hits differently once you start planning trips around it ...

Rio de Janeiro — Brazil, where more than half the population have African ancestors, celebrates Black Consciousness Day this Tuesday amid a political and social climate that is largely negative toward ...

Brazilian artist Gustavo Nazareno is making significant strides in the international art world, with a solo exhibition due to open at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center in Chicago ...

People dressed in white stand along Copacabana beach as fireworks mark New Year’s Eve celebrations in Rio de Janeiro. (Alex Ferro/Riotur via Courthouse News) RIO DE JANEIRO (CN) — Regardless of the ...

Thousands of young and old descendants of formerly enslaved people donned elaborate costumes Sunday to bring the rhythm, vibrancy and colours of Brazil's Rio Carnival to the streets of Lagos in ...