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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

(RNS) — Ancestral veneration, Haitian Vodou, Brazilian Candomblé, Cuban Santería and Ifá have gained attention among Black adults, who see it as an occasion to reconnect with their heritage and ...

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

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Isaac Mizrahi writes about multicultural marketing and business. As the country's demographic trends shift towards a ...