Category: Brazil

  • Special report: Why Brazil’s would-be first black president trails among blacks Reuters 2014-10-03 Brian Winter, Chief Correspondent SAO PAULO – Brazilians could make history this month by electing Marina Silva, the daughter of impoverished rubber tappers from the Amazon, as their first black president. Yet Silva is trailing incumbent President Dilma Rousseff, who is white,…

  • For the first time, Marina Silva makes reference to the race factor in her campaign Black Women of Brazil: The site dedicated to Brazilian women of African descent Courtesy of Brasil 247, “Pela primeira vez, Marina usa fator racial na campanha” (2014-09-19) “Let’s elect the first black woman president of Brazil,” said the PSB candidate…

  • GUEST COLUMN: Brazil’s solution on race relations differs from U.S. The Tuscaloosa News Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2014-09-13 Larry Clayton, Professor of History Emeritus University of Alabama I had a friend from the Dominican Republic who came to the University of Alabama and Stillman College on a joint Fulbright appointment years ago. He was a well-known and…

  • Challenger Upends Brazilian Race for Presidency The New York Times 2014-09-15 Simon Romero, Brazil Bureau Chief RIO DE JANEIRO — When Dilma Rousseff and Marina Silva were both cabinet ministers, they clashed on everything from building nuclear power plants to licensing huge dams in the Amazon. Ms. Rousseff came out on top, emerging as the…

  • Marina Silva: The political dynamo who has electrified the election season and wants to be Brazil’s first black woman president Black Women of Brazil: The site dedicated to Brazilian women of African descent 2014-09-05 Marina Silva: a pioneer in politics By Primeiros Negros, José Eustáquio Diniz Alves, and Luciana Lima The first black woman candidate…

  • Will Brazil elect Marina Silva as the world’s first Green president? The Guardian/The Observer 2014-08-30 Jonathan Watts, Latin America Correspondent Born into a poor, mixed-race Amazon family, Marina Silva is on the verge of a stunning election win after taking over her party It started with the national anthem and ended with a rap. In…

  • Mothly Guest Author: Araújo, Emanoel GAM – Global Art and the Museum Karlsruhe, Germany March 2009 This month it is a great pleasure for us to present as our fifth guest author Emanoel Araújo, founder of the Museu AfroBrasil, who was interviewed by Hans Belting on the occasion of the first GAM Platform in São…

  • How the slave trade shaped the Baroque The Art Newspaper Focus, Issue 260, September 2014 Emanoel Araujo, Founder, Head Curator and Director Museu AfroBrasil, São Paulo, Brazil As Catholicism spread across the colonies, slaves and freedmen created a uniquely Brazilian style The Baroque movement that spread across the Portuguese and Spanish colonies has been important…

  • Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach Oxford University Press 2014-08-01 528 pages 7-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches Paperback ISBN: 9780199920013 Tanya Maria Golash-Boza, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Merced Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach engages students in critical questions related to racial dynamics in the U.S. and around the world. Written in accessible,…

  • The racist face of Brazil’s miscegenation Black Women of Brazil: The site dedicated to Brazilian women of African descent 2013-05-22 Jarid Arraes Cariri, Ceará, Brasil The issue of miscegenation in Brazil is often oversimplified and romanticized. It is not uncommon to hear that Brazil is a mestiço (mixed race) and plural country and, consequently, all…