Afro-Brazilians - AAIHS

Afro-Brazilians and Contemporary Lynchings in Brazil

April 19, 2018April 24, 2018 Jaimee A. Swift African Diaspora, Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, lynching, Racial Violence, violence, white supremacy

In historical understandings of racial violence against African Americans in the United States, lynching typically summons imagery of white crime

Marielle Franco, Black Queer Women, and Police Violence in Brazil

March 19, 2018March 22, 2018 Jaimee A. Swift Afro-Brazilians, Brazil

On Wednesday, March 14th, countless Brazilians and others around the world were saddened and angered after learning of the devastating news

Benedita da Silva, Brazil’s First Black Woman Senator and Governor

March 1, 2018March 3, 2018 Jaimee A. Swift Afro-Brazilians, black politics, Black women, Brazil, intersectionality

Female politicians are underrepresented in their leadership and their participation, and their contributions and successes in national, local, and civil

The Anti-Black City: A New Book on Black Urban Life in Brazil

February 12, 2018February 16, 2018 Keisha N. Blain Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, carceral state, police brutality, police violence, policing

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

Intersectional Health Equity in Brazil: An Interview with Kia Lilly Caldwell

October 2, 2017October 5, 2017 Erica Williams Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, health, intersectionality, South America

In today’s post, Erica L. Williams, an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Spelman College, interviews Kia Lilly Caldwell about her new