{UAH} AFRICANS IN BRAZIL

Did you know that after Nigeria with an estimated 120 million people, the other countries with the largest population of black Africans  are actually not African- but Brazil, with 60 million and the USA with 43 million?

From the time of its colonization, Brazil has had more influence from Africa than arguably any other country in the Americas. During the Atlantic slave trade, Brazil (by way of the Portuguese) imported more African slaves than any other country. By the time slavery was abolished in Brazil, an estimated five million slaves had been imported from Africa to Brazil, 40% of the total number of slaves brought to the Americas; more than two million slaves came through Rio alone, more than five times the number brought to U.S. Today, this has contributed to Brazil having the largest population of peoples of African descent, outside of Nigeria.

In this sphere African influence has been a defining force behind Brazilian culture. From dance and music to culinary and religious traditions, Afro Brazilians have hugely influenced popular Brazilian culture. However a troubled history rooted in slavery — Brazil was the last country in the world to abolish slavery, 1888 — and continued through pigmentocracy and racially driven economic disparity, Afro Brazilians have had an inequitable relationship with 'white' Brazilian society.

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