Many Afro Brazilian cooks today grew up during a time ... “We lost our connection, our roots, where we came from,” says Bahia ...

Brazilian artist Gustavo Nazareno left Minas Gerais for São Paulo because his aunt, a practitioner of the Afro-Brazilian ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Anitta has become a pop music sensation in her native Brazil and abroad ... the star’s orisha — a deity in Afro-Brazilian religions that represents a force of nature.

Elsewhere, an Umbanda priestess named Mother Fernanda -- the practitioner of another Afro-Brazilian religion -- tearfully assesses damage to her vandalized temple, where sacred items were ...

The Government's initiative is a response to the images disclosed last weekend on social networks in which an Afro-Brazilian couple is insulted. Human Rights Minister Silvio Almeida said in a note ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Anitta has become a pop music sensation in her native Brazil and abroad, but Monday she will have her first shot to prove herself on the country’s biggest stage ...

Unidos da Tijuca's theme is Logun Edé, the star’s orisha — a deity in Afro-Brazilian religions that represents a force of nature. Last year, the singer lost thousands of followers on ...

Performers from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school dance during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) ...