Afro-Brazilians

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

Afro-Brazilians Media

• Debretberimbau.jpg

  Berimbau player, by Jean-Baptiste Debret, 1826

• Afro-Brazilians dancing a jongo, c. 1822

• Francisco Paulo de Almeida (Barão de Guaraciaba).jpg

  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.

• Evolução da população brasileira conforme a cor (1872-1991).jpg

  Population growthWhite people in white colorPardos in blackBlack in yellowAsians are very few
• Evolução da população brasileira conforme a cor - percentuais (1872-1991).jpg

  Percentual in overall populationWhite people in whitePardos in yellowBlack in blackAsians are very few
• Pretos no Brasil 2009.png

  Percentage of black Brazilians per state, 2009.

• 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