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Movie: Quilombo Country tells the Story of Brazilian Villages Founded by African Slaves

Documentary on Maroons of Brazil to Hold World Theatrical Premiere in New York “Quilombo Country,” the award-winning film about Brazilian villages founded by escaped and rebel slaves, will hold its World Theatrical Premiere on Saturday, the 23rd of February [Black History Month] at 8pm at the Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave. (2nd St.) in [...]

Brazilian Blacks Versus American Blacks

Italo Ramos writes via BlackAgendaReport.com:
African Americans sometimes embarrass themselves, often without know it, by assuming that others from the Diaspora see the world in the same way as themselves. Blacks from other nations are also frequently puzzled and confused by U.S. Black behavior, and even the concept of Blackness that prevails in the United States. [...]