Afro-Brazilians

Afro-Brazilians are people who are from the country of Brazil and who have ancestors who are African/black.

Afro-Brazilians Media

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  Berimbau player, by Jean-Baptiste Debret, 1826

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  Afro-Brazilians dancing a jongo, c. 1822

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  Francisco Paulo de Almeida (1826–1901), first and only Baron of Guaraciaba, title granted by Princess Isabel. Black, he possessed one of the greatest fortunes of the imperial period, getting to own approximately one thousand slaves.

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  Population growthWhite people in white colorPardos in blackBlack in yellowAsians are very few
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  Percentual in overall populationWhite people in whitePardos in yellowBlack in blackAsians are very few
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  Percentage of black Brazilians per state, 2009.

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  Portrait "A Redenção de Cam" (1895), by Galician painter Modesto Brocos showing a Brazilian family each generation becoming "whiter".

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  Taís Araújo was the first black protagonist of a Brazilian telenovela