Candomblé, Afro-Brazilian Women, and African Religiosity in Brazil
While prejudicial, racial, and discriminatory ideologies of religious exceptionalism in regards to African spirituality persist even today (as many still
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Afro-Brazilians
State Violence and the Canudos Massacre in Brazil
In April of 1897, General Artur Oscar de Andrade Guimarães began preparing for an expedition that would carry he and
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Cosmological Queerness Across the Yoruba Diaspora
The constellating topics of homosexuality and masculinity are perennial to Black American discourses. In contemporary debates, the chorus shouting loudest
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Afro-Brazilian Feminists and the Fight for Racial and Gender Inclusion
In 1979, Afro-Brazilian feminist Leila Gonzalez wrote a critique of the National Encounter of Women that drew much-needed attention to
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Race, Class, and Television: A First Look at Brazil’s Dystopic Drama 3%
3% is Netflix’s latest original series ordered up from Latin America, and the first from Brazil. Set in a dystopic
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