Afro-Brazilians

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Afro-Brazilians are Brazilian citizens of predominantly African ancestry whose cultures, religions, and histories have profoundly shaped Brazil’s national identity.

Aliases (1)

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
social group
ancestralOrigin enslaved Africans in Brazil
associatedWith Quilombo dos Palmares
quilombos
citizenship Brazilian
continent South America
country Brazil
culturalInfluenceOn Brazilian cuisine
Brazilian dance
Brazilian language
Brazilian music
Brazilian national identity
Brazilian religion
demographicGroupIn Brazilian census
ethnicOrigin African
Sub-Saharan African
faceIssue discrimination in education
employment discrimination
income disparity in Brazil
police violence in Brazil
racial inequality in Brazil
heritageLanguageInfluence Kikongo
Kimbundu
Yoruba
historicalEvent abolition of slavery in Brazil
historicalProcess Atlantic slave trade
language Portuguese
movement Black Movement in Brazil
notableCulturalExpression axé music
capoeira
funk carioca
maracatu
pagode
samba
observance Black Consciousness Day
partOf Brazilian people
politicalIssue affirmative action in Brazil
relatedGroup African Americans
Afro-Caribbeans
Afro-Latin Americans
religion Candomblé
Catholicism
Irreligion
Protestantism
Spiritism
Umbanda
significantPopulationIn Bahia
Minas Gerais
Pernambuco
Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo
subgroupIncludes pardos
pretos
traditionalReligion Candomblé
Umbanda

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Latin Americans
relatedGroup
African diaspora
hasPart
Brazilian modernism ("Afro-Brazilian culture")
influencedBy

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