Brazil news

• Never-ending story: rare flower gatherers of Diamantina

  31-10-2024 14:20
  
  Gatherers of a rare Brazilian flower find their way of life – and incomes – are under threat. Ana Caroline de Lima, recipient of the Joan Wakelin Bursary, explains whyIn the heart of Minas Gerais, Brazil, lies Diamantina, a city where tradition merges with the vibrant tapestry of nature. Every weekend its main square is transformed by a mesmerising display of flowers, making it appear like a garden in bloom.Diamantina’s main square. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘We built Brazil’: how descendants of enslaved Africans have helped shape the country

  31-10-2024 07:00
  
  A new book explores the way Black people are playing a transformative role in the fight for equality despite centuries of enslavement and continued neglect“A cook for a small family is needed. Preferably white,” said an advertisement for a job vacancy in São Paulo, published in 1912 in one of Brazil’s largest newspapers.In 2019, in Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais state, a message in a WhatsApp group for caregivers advertised 10 positions at an agency: “
  
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