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Fruit from the Tree Black Culture Center: Samba Quilombo in Rio’s West Zone Preserves Black Identity and Memory [IMAGES]

By Larissa Nascimento • Translation by Felix Foot • April 6, 2023

Clique aqui para Português As they settled Brazil, Portuguese colonizers destroyed Black people’s lives in many ways, among them cultural destruction, stripping away beliefs, values, customs, and rhythms. When they didn’t kill, they were whitening […]

by Community Contributors

‘Constitution’ Play Makes Democracy More Accessible in Japeri

By Fabio Leon • Translation by Ujwala Murthy • March 3, 2023

Clique aqui para Português On October 22, 2022, performing arts group Grupo Código in Greater Rio de Janeiro’s Japeri municipality held its second performance of the play Constitution. The show explores the complex dispute over […]

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Anielle Franco: From Maré’s Alleyways to Minister of Racial Equality

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Felicity Clarke, Felix Foot • January 31, 2023

Clique aqui para Português Born and raised in Complexo da Maré, in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, Anielle Franco has become Brazil’s second ever federal minister originally from a favela, alongside Benedita da Silva who […]

#MarielleLegacy

‘Let’s Walk Together’: Brazilian Minister of Racial Equality Anielle Franco’s Inauguration Speech in Full

By Anielle Franco • Translation by Kay Alvito • January 27, 2023

Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday, January 11, 2023, Anielle Franco, born and raised in the Maré Complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, was welcomed as Brazil’s first Minister of Racial Equality. […]

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1st Festival of Social Museology Held in Rio de Janeiro: Community Museums as Tools of Resistance

By Isaac Goodwin • January 23, 2023

Clique aqui para Português A group comprised of Rio de Janeiro’s community museums, the Rio de Janeiro Social Museology Network (REMUS-RJ), hosted its 1st Festival of Social Museology at the Museum of the Republic in […]

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