Clique aqui para Português Rio de Janeiro’s Urban Peripheries Literary Festival (FLUP) kicked off its 14th edition on Saturday, May 11 with an event held at Circo Crescer e Viver, in the area now known […]
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch‘s series on Memories of Favela Power, which documents and celebrates the history of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas through narratives and reports from residents’ collective memory, […]
Clique aqui para Português A Brazilian Literary Classic Carolina Maria de Jesus said so much about Brazil. Her writing, charged with feeling and indignation, reflected a difficult reality not only experienced by the writer herself, […]
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 […]
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 […]