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 [...]

Black in Brazil: A Question of Identity

BBC World Service Last updated: 3 november, 2009 – 14:29 GMT The Brazilian census board says that the black population in Brazil will outnumber the white population this year for the first time. This means there are more people of African descent in Brazil than in any country outside of Africa itself, making Brazil second [...]

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