Brazil

Chocolate: The Underrated Gem of Brazil

Brazil is known for its festive carnival celebrations, lively nightlife, flavorful food, and beautiful beaches that are only rivaled by its equally gorgeous people. But there’s one Brazilian gem that doesn’t always get the international recognition it so rightfully deserves: chocolate. Brazil grows some 250,000 tons of cocoa beans every year, mostly in the northeastern […]

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November is Black Consciousness Month in Brazil

Starting today, Brazil celebrates Black Consciousness Month, honoring the contributions of African-descended peoples in Brazilian society and recognizing the challenges of those same peoples in the country today. Well, that’s not entirely true…many people in Brazil are celebrating Black Consciousness Month. But many others see this particular exercise as unnecessarily divisive and alien to Brazil’s

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Size Does Matter

Posting this from Hart-Jack (that’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for the newbies), on my way home to the ‘ville for the weekend. Sorry for the delay, readers; I’ll have a couple of posts in the bag beforehand from now on. So… São Paulo in numbers* (versus unofficial rival New York): 588 – area of São

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Thoughts on Part Three of ‘Black in Latin America’: Brazil

The third episode of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates’ four-part documentary, Black in Latin America, takes place in my current country of residence: Brazil. He uncovers part of the mystique of this exotic, exoticized country by visiting favelas in Salvador and Rio, beauty salons in Belo Horizonte, and historical sites in Recife and Diamantina, discussing

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Ernest White II