This article was written on the basis of interviews with 22 Afro-Brazilian activist women. It uses research on their trajectories to show how, as political subjects, they have used inequalities based ...

Visit the city of Salvador a vibrant repository of African influence in Brazil. African-Brazilians provided Brazil with internationally renowned cultural symbols: samba and carnival. The center of ...

OPINION: It’s carnival week in Rio de Janeiro, where vibrant parades feature music, dancers and a huge dose of history. Here’s some Afro-Brazilian history from some of the most legendary Afro-carnival ...

Join some artsy families Friday for Gusto at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. At 5 p.m. and again at 6, a percussion workshop will demonstrate Afro-Brazilian instruments. And every 30 minutes -- from ...

Upon a chance viewing of a dance company from the Brazilian city of Salvador in the state of Bahia while studying for her master’s degree in dance ethnology at UCLA in 1986, Linda Yudin’s life changed ...

Thaisa Moreira Xavier met her husband in a Facebook group. Although she was conscious of her Afro-Brazilian heritage, she had few black friends growing up. The city she lived in and schools she ...

On a brisk, overcast day in Seattle, while wandering through the maze of vendors at the Pike Place Market, chef Emme Ribeiro ...

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) -- Some curious things are tucked away in odd corners of the area. Like on Tuesday and Thursday nights, in the basement of the Franciscan Center. It's a Peoria Park District class ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. When Leandro Santanna’s mother wanted to teach him about their ...