Fire breathers impress the crowd at the closing ceremony of the Ecowas Africa Wrestling Tournament, which brings together the ...

The roots of Brazilian Carnival trace back to the Portuguese colonial period when European settlers brought their festive traditions to Brazil in the 17th century. These celebrations were heavily ...

Modern Brazil is what it is today - the foods, the religious traditions, and, of course, the music - in large part because of its African roots. That's the message one of Rio de Janeiro's famous samba ...

Press Release - The Media Foundation for West Africa condemns the arrest and intimidation of Mauritanian human rights ...

a two-headed cowbell originating in West Africa. The Mocidade Independente samba school, one of Rio’s most popular, has 240 ...

Superstar Anitta has won over pop music fans in Brazil and abroad, even more so since she added English and Spanish singing ...

BdF Entrevista, one of Brasil de Fato's shows, interviewed Russo at the end of January, before the official parades of samba schools in the special group of Rio's Carnival. Russo explained that the ...

One of Rio's most storied Samba schools will explore the "Pain and Passion" of the lives of the Bantu people in the city. Bantu people were the majority of Black people enslaved in Rio. KUOW is ...

VALDEMAR VARGAS: I'm Mangueira school of samba (laughter). KAHN: He's not only a big fan but also works at the Pretos Novos Institute in the Rio neighborhood known as Little Africa. He gives tours ...