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Afro-Brazilians ( Portuguese: afro-brasileiros; pronounced [ˈafɾo bɾaziˈle (j)ɾus]) are Brazilians who have predominantly sub-Saharan African ancestry (see "preto"). Most members of another group of people, multiracial Brazilians or pardos, may also have a range of degree of African ancestry.
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Dec 16, 2020 · Around 56% of Brazilians identify as Black—the largest population of African descent outside of Africa—yet Black people make up just 18% of congress, 4.7% of executives in Brazil’s 500...
Aug 12, 2015 · In Brazil, people have tended to describe themselves by skin color rather than race. But that's all changing, as the country's black pride movement gains traction.
May 14, 2021 · 14 May 2021. EPA. The protests in Rio de Janeiro took place a week after a deadly police raid in a slum in the city. Thousands of black Brazilians have demonstrated against racism and police...
First Person: ‘Born fighting’ for rights of Black Brazilians 5 June 2023 Human Rights For Valdecir Nascimento, 63, the Black movement in Brazil was a “turning point” for her as a young woman,...
Afro-Brazilian history. The history of Afro-Brazilian people spans over five centuries of racial interaction between Africans imported, involved or descended from the effects of the Atlantic slave trade . African origins. The Africans brought to Brazil belonged to two major groups: the West African and the Bantu people.
It is also known that the enslaved African men and women come from three major ethnic groups. The so-called Bantos, the Yoruba and the Fons peoples, coming from different regions, which today...
