In November, Brazil celebrates National Black Consciousness Month. This month serves to honor and promote the achievements and contributions of the Black community in Brazil. It also raises awareness ...

SÃO PAULO, Aug. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Brasil DNA, a project organized by Global Vision Access, has launched an international initiative highlighting Afro-Brazilian heritage tourism as part of ...

AFAMAIN copy 39088019733963 Purchased from the Warren M. Robbins Library Endowment. Introduction: wounded pasts: memory of slavery and African heritage in Brazil / Ana Lucia Araujo -- Collectionism ...

Brazil's largest annual Afro-Caribbean festival kicked off on Monday. Thousands of observers lined the beaches of the city of Salvador to make offerings to Iemanjá, the Yoruba goddess of the sea.

Brazil's once-largest port of entry, Salvador, imported millions of slaves for nearly three centuries. That city is now the center of the nation's Afro-Brazilian culture, a direct consequence of the ...

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, ...

During the first decades of the nineteenth century, many slave rebellions took place in the province of Bahia, Brazil. Among those, the most important one was the Malê Rebellion, a religious and ...

Lagos Island came alive on Easter Sunday as the Fanti Carnival made its much-anticipated return, rekindling the vibrant Afro-Brazilian heritage that has long been a cornerstone of the city’s cultural ...