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Rio Carnival 2025: Mangueira Samba School Exalts ‘Pride in Being from the Favela’ While Telling the Story of the Bantu Peoples [INTERVIEW]

By Rhuan Gonçalves • Translation by Staff • February 28, 2025

Clique aqui para Português Rio de Janeiro’s 2025 Carnival is here, celebrating a people increasingly proud of themselves and their history. Of the 12 samba schools in the Special Group, only two—Mocidade and Vila Isabel—will […]

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Black Brazilian Women Take Gold at the 2024 Olympic Games, Part 2: Community and Public Investments Take Favelas to the Olympics, With or Without Medals

By Julio Santos Filho • Translation by Kincaid Cummings • August 31, 2024

Clique aqui para Português This is Part 2 of a two-part article on the achievements of representation for Black Brazilian women at the 2024 Olympics.  The Olympic achievements of Beatriz Souza, Rebeca Andrade, Ana Patrícia […]

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Carnival of Literature! Spaces of Black Resistance, Rio de Janeiro’s Samba Schools Host Literary Festivals that Boost Racial Literacy

By Carol Marinho • Translation by Staff • February 9, 2024

Clique aqui para Português February 9, 2024—Afro-Indigenous Brazilian literature is a growing source of inspiration for samba schools as they organize Rio de Janeiro’s carnival parades. During the 2024 carnival, which starts today, a number […]

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Rio’s Urban Peripheries Literary Festival Hosts 13th Edition and Celebrates Ancestral Black and Indigenous Orality in ‘Little Africa’

By Vinícius Ribeiro • Translation by Kay Alvito • November 30, 2023

Clique aqui para Português For Brazilian Black Awareness Month, this article covered Rio de Janeiro’s Urban Peripheries Literary Festival (FLUP) on pioneering Afro-Brazilian authors—the Black elders of Brazilian literature: Machado de Assis, Lima Barreto, and […]

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27th Favela University Forum Meeting in Manguinhos Debates Health Promotion and Knowledge Production by Young Favela Researchers

By Vinícius Ribeiro • Translation by Cristina Fornara • May 29, 2023

Clique aqui para Português On March 18, 2023, Espaço Casa Viva in the favela of Manguinhos hosted the 27th meeting of the Favela University Forum, with the theme “Health Promotion and Knowledge Production—Young Researchers in […]

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