FILE - Brazilian singer Anitta performs during the Global Citizen Festival at Central Park in New York, Sept. 23, 2023. Anitta released a music video Tuesday, May 14, 2024, depicting rituals of ...

A new Afro-Brazilian band that took form in the summer will hold its first performance at the city of Gainesville’s Holiday Parade on Dec. 7. A Very GNV Holiday Parade starts at noon from West ...

Learning Afro-Brazilian history through its carnival parades OPINION: It's carnival week in Rio de Janeiro, where vibrant parades feature music, dancers and a huge dose of history.

Afro-Brazilian religions were largely created by slaves and their descendants. From about 1540 to 1850, Brazil imported more slaves than any other nation. Female devotees with a small Iemanjá statue.

However, for a country with an estimated 80 million people who are of African ancestry, Afro-Brazilians do not see much of themselves on screen. Enter: Netflix’s Girls from Ipanema.

Black Brazilian on-screen representation broadens in Netflix’s Girls from Ipanema through its enriched storyline played by Pathy Dejesus ...