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African Heritage Circuit

Mayor’s Proposed ‘Slavery and Freedom Museum’ Stokes Debate and Skepticism

Clique aqui para Português While Rio’s oldest favela, Providência, [...]

September 13, 2017

Largest Slave Cemetery Battles to Continue ‘Saying the Unspeakable’ During 2017 Museum Week

Clique aqui para Português The New Blacks Institute (Instituto Pretos [...]

May 16, 2017

IPN exhibits

Americas’ Largest Slave Cemetery to Close at End of Week Due to Abandonment by Rio Authorities

Clique aqui para Português In 1996, Merced Guimarães and her husband [...]

March 28, 2017