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From New York rapper Princess Nokia to Cuba’s Orquesta Akokán, here are 10 artists reinventing the sound of Santería today.

Santería’s sacred influences are all over some of today’s best Latin music. Of course, the religion’s ceremonial rhythms and incantations have always held a place in Afro-Latino communities, yet they haven’t always entered into contemporary popular taste without backlash.

Santería — a syncretic mashup of Christian doctrines and west and central African spiritual figures — inevitably carries with it a history that many in the Western world would rather care to forget. The formation of Regla de Ocha, as it is also known, harnesses the legacy of enslaved Yoruba peoples first brought to the solares of Cuba and the Americas.

 

Source: Santería & Candomblé Artists You Should Know: List

We must cure Black Ignorance with Black Enlightenment. In the world over, we discuss frequently, the cost of black ignorance without juxtaposing that to…

Source: We must cure Black Ignorance with Black Enlightenment » Enlightenment Africa

Benjamin Lay is not to be overlooked.

 

One Sunday, 18th-century Quakers living in Abington, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, were met with a strange sight outside their morning meeting. The snow lay thick on the ground and there was Benjamin Lay, a member of the congregation, wearing little clothing, with his “right leg and foot uncovered,” almost knee-deep in the snow. When one Quaker after the next told him that he would get sick or that he should get inside and cover up, he turned to them. “Ah,” he said, “you pretend compassion for me, but you do not feel for the poor slaves in your fields, who go all winter half-clad.”

 

Source: The 18th-Century Quaker Dwarf Who Challenged Slavery, Meat-Eating, and Racism

Bewildered, sad and disappointed, Brazilians migrants sent from the United States to Mexico this week were left wondering how they had ended up in another country whose language they do not understand.

Source: Brazilians sent to Mexico by U.S. say they don’t understand why – Reuters

A new study shows that growing up in an affluent community brings “compounding privileges” and higher educational attainment—especially for white residents.

Source: Unpacking the Power of Privileged Neighborhoods

An actress known for decades of work in soap operas said on Wednesday she has agreed to become Brazil’s secretary …

Source: Brazil’s Little Sweetheart Is Now the Country’s Culture Secretary – brazzil

Holiday, who throughout her career called public attention to the devastating impact of white supremacy, drew the notice of the Commissioner for the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. He ordered her to stop singing the song…

Source: How ‘Strange Fruit’ Killed Billie Holiday – Progressive.org

It’s time to change the way we talk and think about Africa.

Source: Africa is not poor, we are stealing its wealth | Corruption | Al Jazeera

The expression “evangelical drug trafficker” may sound incongruous, but in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, it’s widespread. Charismatic Christianity is on the rise across Brazil. Slightly less than a third of all Brazilians identify as evangelical, up from 5% in the 1960s. The 2020 national census is expected to show significantly more growth. In Rio, where the evangelical population increased 30% in the first decade of this century, even some of the most notorious drug dealers claim to be spreading the gospel.

Source: Evangelical gangs in Rio de Janeiro wage ‘holy war’ on Afro-Brazilian faiths

Canada Post unveiled a limited edition stamp on Tuesday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of black men who formed a segregated unit and fought during the First World War.

Source: Canada’s first and only all-black battalion honoured with special stamp | Globalnews.ca