Brazil’s census offers recognition at last to descendants of runaway slaves

Tom Phillips in Engenho II, Kalunga Territory guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 25 August 2010 18.40 BST When Jorge Moreira de Oliveira’s great-great-great-great-great-grandfather arrived in Brazil in the 18th century he was counted off the slave-ship, branded and dispatched to a goldmine deep in the country’s arid mid-west. After years of scrambling for gold that was shipped to [...]

Garifuna Ethnic Group Seeks Voice In New York City

Garifuna Ethnic Group Seeks Voice In New York City by Jesse Hardman November 15, 2009 For centuries, home has been a transient notion for the ethnic community known as the Garifuna. Pushed around the Caribbean region by various colonial powers, many sought safe haven in New York beginning in the 1940s. They’ve kept coming in [...]

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