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Many of Maricel E. Presilla’s fans know the Cuban-born James Beard Award–winning chef from her restaurants, including ...
Capoeira, which fuses martial arts, dance, music, acrobatics, and philosophy, was developed by enslaved Africans in Brazil as ...
On Easter Sunday, the soul of Lagos Island stirred to life. The Fanti Carnival surged through its storied streets like a river of memory and music—drums pounding like ancestral heartbeats, dancers ...
Thousands of young and old descendants of formerly enslaved people donned elaborate costumes Sunday to bring the rhythm, ...
Related: 13 Vibrant Brazilian Food and Drink Recipes Now, F&W is taking a look back at this classic Afro-Brazilian recipe, with some updates. Two decades ago, the magazine called the dish Bahia ...
Capoeira, an art form created by enslaved Africans in colonial Brazil, lives on today in a new studio space downtown.
The culture of El Salvador, Argentina and Brazil's quilombola communities are focus of separate events over the weekend.
The same sly spirit of rebellion permeates Gomes’s sculptures, which range from bulbous pendulums that dangle from the ...
The World Bank Board of Directors has approved the Bahia State Sustainable Infrastructure Program, an initiative aimed ...
"We want to keep our traditions," said Valdemoros. Salt Lake Capoeira is hosting Quilombola Roots to celebrate Afro-Brazilian heritage on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Urban Arts Gallery at The ...
A single glance at the revived Lagos Fanti Carnival reveals two things: brilliantly inventive costumes and the genuine pride ...