Brazilian artist Gustavo Nazareno left Minas Gerais for São Paulo because his aunt, a practitioner of the Afro-Brazilian ...

Montevideo, Uruguay - February 03, 2025 Worshippers gathered on Sunday on a beach in Montevideo to pay tribute to Iemanja, the sea goddess of the African-rooted Umbanda religion. Flowers ...

Elsewhere, an Umbanda priestess named Mother Fernanda -- the practitioner of another Afro-Brazilian religion -- tearfully assesses damage to her vandalized temple, where sacred items were ...

Au Brésil, les cultures et religions afro-brésiliennes sont fêtées tous les ans pendant le carnaval. Mais au quotidien, les personnes qui les portent sont victimes d’importantes discriminations. Les a ...