US Edition
Published • loading... • Updated
Samba Schools Honor Black Brazilian Female Authors During Their Carnival Parades
- Two samba schools in Rio de Janeiro honored Black Brazilian female authors during their Carnival parades, highlighting their stories through performance and floats.
- Conceição Evaristo, a 79-year-old writer focusing on Black women's experiences, appeared atop a float for samba school Imperio Serrano at the Sambodrome.
- Unidos da Tijuca samba school dedicated its parade to Carolina Maria de Jesus, a favela diarist who died nearly 50 years ago, and also featured Evaristo.
- Evaristo described the event as 'an act of historical reparation' amid challenges faced by Black women in Brazil, with Carnival symbolizing a break from structural racism.
Insights by Ground AI
23 Articles
23 Articles
More than 65 million people celebrate Carnival, Brazil, since the beginning of the celebrations. This Wednesday night, the latest events of the primary schools of Samba are taking place.
The United Samba School of Tijuca honored the writer Carolina Maria of Jesus in the Carnival of 2026 at the end of the second night of the Special Group of Rio on Tuesday this Wednesday (17). The title of the meal was the name of the housewife himself, considered one of the main voices in the Brazilian literature.
·Brazil
Read Full ArticleCoverage Details
Total News Sources23
Leaning Left7Leaning Right1Center9Last UpdatedBias Distribution53% Center
Bias Distribution
- 53% of the sources are Center
53% Center
L 41%
C 53%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
