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• The Dialectic Is in the Sea

  the Black Radical Thought of Beatriz Nascimento

  Nascimento, Maria Beatriz

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  Collected writings by one of the most influential Black Brazilian intellectuals of the twentieth century. Beatriz Nascimento (1942–1995) was a poet, historian, artist, and political leader in Brazil’s Black movement, an innovative and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Game of Freedom

  Mestre Bimba and the Art of Capoeira

  Tonatiuh, Duncan

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  A meia lua whooshed in the air. The strike was evaded and followed with an aú. Two young men were playing capoeira in the middle of the roda. Bimba wanted to play, too. Although it is debated when and where capoeira-an art form that blends…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Francisco de Paula Brito

  A Black Publisher in Imperial Brazil

  Rodrigo Camargo de Godoi

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  Francisco de Paula Brito is a biography of a merchant, printer, bookseller, and publisher who lived in Rio de Janeiro from his birth in 1809 until his death in 1861. That period was key to the history of Brazil, because it coincided with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lugar De Fala

  Ribeiro, Djamila

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  A intenção da coleção Feminismos Plurais é trazer para o grande público questões importantes referentes aos mais diversos feminismos de forma didática e acessível. Com o objetivo de desmistificar o conceito de lugar de fala, Djamila…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cuarto de desechos

  Carolina Maria De Jesús

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  Cuarto de desechos es, sin lugar a dudas, una lectura difícil, no sólo por los sucesos narrados, sino porque sabemos que se trata de un diario que describe las experiencias vividas por la autora. No obstante, a pesar de las dificultades a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Black Man in Brazilian Soccer

  Filho, Mario

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  At turns lyrical, ironic, and sympathetic, Mario Filho's chronicle of "the beautiful game" is a classic of Brazilian sports writing. Filho (1908-1966)-a famous Brazilian journalist after whom Rio's Maracana stadium is officially…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Abolicao/Abolicion

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  Aboliçao is a startling look at the racial situation of Black Brazilians in contemporary Brazil. The director asks the following question to Black Brazilians from diverse walks of life --musicians, politicians, activists, people in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dom Casmurro

  a Novel

  Machado de Assis, 1839-1908

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  Originally published in 1899, Dom Casmurro is widely considered to be Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis's masterpiece and a progenitor of twentieth-century Latin American fiction. This exuberant new translation captures all the hilarious,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crooked Plow

  Vieira Junior, Itamar, 1979-

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  "Deep in Brazil's neglected Bahia hinterland, two sisters find an ancient knife beneath their grandmother's bed and, momentarily mystified by its power, decide to taste its metal. The shuddering violence that follows marks their lives and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Child of the Dark

  the Diary of Carolina Maria De Jesus

  Jesus, Carolina Maria de

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  A first-hand account of life in the streets of Sao Paulo from 1955 to 1960, details the plight of an artist, writer and single mother of three children who, while living in a hovel, supported her family by digging through the garbage for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas

  a Novel

  Machado de Assis, 1839-1908

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  "Acclaimed translators Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson offer this new rendition of Machado de Assis' classic novel. When the Collected Stories of Machado de Assis was published in 2018, it was hailed as a "literary event" by the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Torto Arado

  Vieira Junior, Itamar

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  Um livro comovente que traz a herança dos clássicos. Bibiana e Belonísia são filhas de trabalhadores de uma fazenda no Sertão da Bahia, descendentes de escravos para quem a abolição nunca passou de uma data marcada no calendário.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Run for It

  Stories of Slaves Who Fought for Their Freedom

  D'salete, Marcelo

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  This graphic novel tells unforgettable stories about Afro-Brazilian slaves who rebelled against oppression.

• Angola Janga

  Kingdom of Runaway Slaves

  Salete, Marcelo D'

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  "An independent kingdom of runaway slaves founded in the late 16th century, Angola Janga was a beacon of freedom in a land plagued with oppression. In stark black ink and chiaroscuro panel compositions, D'Salete brings history to life: the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Capoeira: Fly Away Beetle

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  In this award winning film, the stories of three world renowned masters and a young man who redeems his life reveal the virtues and violence of capoeira.