Meet Adélia Sampaio: the first black woman to have ever directed a full feature Brazilian film!
Note from BW of Brazil: Exactly the type of story that we like to share here, especially during this, November, the Month of Black Consciousness in Brazil. In the past … Continue reading
In the southern state of Paraná, a descendant of a quilombo, communities established by fugitives escaping slavery, becomes the first to earn a Ph.D
Note from BW of Brazil: The history of the quilombo is an important piece in the struggle of Afro-Brazilians. These independent communities were established by fugitives escaping the cruelty and … Continue reading
A mulata, illegitimate child and poor, Maria Firmina dos Reis suffered a lot of prejudice, but she was the first Brazilian novelist
Note from BW of Brazil: In another feature that rescues the history of Afro-Brazil and black women, today we present an important woman in the world of Brazilian literary works. … Continue reading
10 black women who are making a difference in Bahia
Note from BW of Brazil: What better way to finish up a celebration of black women of Latin America and the Caribbean than with a post dedicated to 10 black … Continue reading
Rilza Valentim, the first black woman elected mayor in São Francisco do Conde, Bahia, dies at age 52
Note from BW of Brazil: It is with great sadness that BW of Brazil recently learned that on the night before the Day of the Afro Latin America Caribbean Black … Continue reading
50 years ago, Vera Lúcia Couto became the 1st black woman to represent her state in the Miss Brasil contest
Note from BW of Brazil: Vera Lúcia Couto is now 70 years old, but fifty years ago, at the age of 20, on June 27th, she made history. Although Brazil has … Continue reading
Ivone Caetano sworn in as first black woman Court of Appeals Judge in state of Rio de Janeiro
Note from BW of Brazil: As the position of black women in Brazilian society has been a struggle of nearly five centuries against institutions of oppression, exclusion and discrimination, any … Continue reading
