Thousands of worshippers clad in white robes have spilled onto Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro to pay homage to Yemanja, the ...

The buritis, or moriche palms, are fighting for their lives in the streambed now lined with scorched earth. For two years now ...

Today ’s Black travelers can look to South America to find connections with African culture. Salvador, the capital city of ...

Yemanja is a central deity in the Afro-Brazilian religions of Candomble and Umbanda. Practitioners of these faiths have traditionally been and continue to be the target of discrimination and ...

From June 22 to 28, 2025, Brazil invites itself to the 20th arrondissement for an open-air festival in the rue du Borrégo. On ...

Uruguayans pay tribute to Iemanja, the Goddess of the Sea in the Afro-Brazilian religion Umbanda, at Ramirez Beach in Montevideo. Meanwhile in Brazil, followers of the Candomble religion host a ...

EMERGING from the north-west of England in the mid ’90s, NenaHalena became an influential figure in the electronic music ...

Displayed at both institutions, the exhibit proposes a review of the iconic ‘The Afro-Brazilian Hand’, held at MAM, 35 years ago, with curatorship by Emanoel Araujo, on the centenary of the slavery ...

Previous support and pledges from the United States have helped to slow forest loss in Brazil. Will Trump reverse that ...

This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from ...