Today’s Black travelers can look to South America to find connections with African culture. Salvador, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Bahia, features a multitude of culinary, fine art, ...

A heightened focus on Brazil’s African heritage is a driving factor in the South American country’s surging visitor arrivals. In 2024, Brazil recorded its best-ever year for international arrivals, ...

Brazil is not just a country. It is a feeling. A rhythm. A slow Saturday afternoon with a steaming pot on the stove, drums ...

SAO PAOLO, Brazil (UNHCR) - Seated in his São Paulo apartment among bongos, tambourines and paintings of savannah sunsets, Mikanda*, a soft-spoken 38-year-old, tells the story of his arrival alone in ...

November is marked by offerings of marigolds to the dead in Mexico, minutes of silence to honour fallen soldiers in Britain and turkey feasts to give thanks in the United States. In Brazil it used to ...

Race and politics in Brazil / Benedita da Silva -- The black movement: without identity there is no consciousness or struggle / Thereza Santos -- Where are the blacks? / Antonio Pitanga -- Olodum and ...

Reviewed by Roger Sansi in Africa (London) 82 (2) May 2012, pages 327-328 (DT1.A1 A258 AFA). Reviewed by Martin A. Klein in Journal of African history (Cambridge, England) 53 (1) 2012, pages 111-112 ...

African broadcasters are increasingly backing Brazil’s top division, drawn by its flair and expanding reach. According to ...

Brazil’s street food is more than a quick bite—it’s a living expression of history, migration, and local pride. From cheese breads born in colonial kitchens to inventive Japanese-influenced bites, ...