Tag: Pequena África

By Ciara Long, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Coming into existence when the bones of more than 15,000 slaves were discovered underneath a house in Rio’s port zone, the Instituto Pretos Novos (IPN) is Rio’s free slavery museum....

By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Passados Presentes – Memória da Escravidão no Brasil (Past Gifts - The Memory of Slavery in Brazil), a new, free mobile phone application routes landmarks in Rio de Janeiro...