While Afro-Brazilian traditions are not text-based and have not developed systematic theologies, cultural anthropologists and ethnographers have attended to them for nearly a century. To contemplate ...

A new venture led by the Academy Award-winning actor Viola Davis, her husband Julius Tennon, and Brazilian producer and ...

She said that cultural heritage is a reminder that culture ... Speaking at the 3rd annual celebration of the Afro-Brazilian Heritage Festival, hosted by the Brazilian Descendants Association ...

The celebration comes from the Candomblé and Umbanda religions which came about as the religions of West African slaves ...

Helena Monteiro da Costa's father was brought from Angola to Brazil as an enslaved person in the 19th century. Next year, the ...

A new Afro-Brazilian band that took form in the ... “Both my parents are Brazilian, and Brazilian culture is a big part of who I am. So this music is a large part of how I grew up.” ...

Honouring his Afro-Brazilian root with every note and flourish. Thirty-two-year-old pianist and composer Amaro Freitas creates music to bring him closer to understanding his ancestors. "I was ...