The festival is now in its 13th year, celebrating Afro-Brazilian ancestry, spirituality, and culture. The program included traditional rituals, cultural performances, parades, discussion groups, and educational activities
A free film series that fosters discussion in venues throughout downtown and in neighborhoods across the North Zone. The event paid tribute to writer Ana Maria Gonçalves and filmmaker Viviane Ferreira, founder of APAN.
The project offers free entrepreneurship training to micro- and nano-entrepreneurs in outlying areas and to people who want to start their own businesses
Ekedy Sinha performs songs dedicated to the orisha Ossaim at the Vovó Conceição Cultural Center, alongside musicians Tonynho dos Santos, Jair Rocha, and Genaldo Novaes, directed by Isa Trigo
The main objective of this initiative, coordinated by the Ministry of Racial Equality, is to provide shelter, care, and a safety net for vulnerable populations
During Women’s History Month, professional makeup artist Ana Paula Santana hosted a powerful discussion on representation, reflecting on historical changes and the erasure of Black women in the beauty industry.
Thinking is an act of creation. Creating is a way of existing in the world. Here, intellectuals, artists, researchers, and thinkers come together to spark reflection, revisit stories, and imagine new paths
Learn about the importance and significance of November 20, Black Awareness Day.
The oldest African-based temple in Brazil, the Terreiro da Casa Branca—known in Yoruba as Ilê Axé Iyá Nassô Oká—was founded by three African women from the Nago people on a plot of land behind the Barroquinha Church around 1830.
