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• Salgado’s respect for Indigenous people | Letters

  29-01-2025 19:15
  
  The work of the Brazilian photographer is defended by Beto Vargas MaruboYour article (‘Let Amazonians speak for themselves’: trouble in paradise for Sebastião Salgado’s Amazônia, 17 January) commits a grave injustice to the work and legacy of the Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado. Salgado primarily photographs Indigenous groups in their traditional way of life. Communities such as the Suruahá, Zo’é, and Korubo are depicted exactly
  
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• ‘Africa is where I’m from’: why some Black Brazilians are moving to Benin

  29-01-2025 11:00
  
  West African country is offering citizenship to descendants of enslaved persons taken from the continent, sparking huge interest in BrazilJoão Diamante was gripped by a sense of belonging as he stepped out of the airport terminal thousands of miles from his birthplace in Brazil.“The first thing I felt was that I was at home,” recalled the 33-year-old celebrity chef from Rio. “Nobody looked at me like they were afraid of me because of the colour of my skin … On the
  
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