Enslaved men run away to a quilombo and reemerge ... Her reporting focuses on social injustice, Afro-Brazilian communities, and Brazil’s dynamic economic and political landscape.

As Portuguese Catholic colonists brought enslaved Africans to Brazil, those men and women developed blends ... Academics and religious-freedom advocates say that Afro-Brazilian religions are ...

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday signed a new law to expand the country’s affirmative action policies, ...

Brazil must deal with the problems of the indigenous and Afro-descendant populations ... which affects mostly black men.

Hundreds of men, women and children ... were practitioners of Afro-Brazilian religions that have recently faced attacks from members of Christian groups. Brazil's recently appointed Minister ...

As Portuguese Catholic colonists brought enslaved Africans to Brazil, those men and women developed blends ... religious-freedom advocates say that Afro-Brazilian religions are sometimes demonized ...

The festival, albeit on a smaller scale than that of its Brazilian model, helps to keep their heritage alive and celebrate the city's Afro-Brazilian history. After Brazil abolished slavery ...

As Portuguese Catholic colonists brought enslaved Africans to Brazil, those men and women developed blends ... Academics and religious-freedom advocates say that Afro-Brazilian religions are ...