Falling in Love with Bahia & Brazil: On Negritude, Saudade, & Surrender
Naomi Jackson reflects on her own intellectual and cultural journey, finding affirmation in Afro-Brazilian culture, and a new dimension to her love and fascination for the stories of Black people.
I have been trying actively to stave off a case of Brazil-o-philia since the early 2000s when I lived in pre-gentrification Brooklyn. Preventive care for me looked like resisting the allure of capoeira classes, which offered the promise of instant friendship and community, endless references to obscure terminology, a pet name (as a West Indian, it’s hard for me to resist affectionate teasing and nicknames), and a warrior physique. Determined to keep my hot foot off Brazilian soil, I cut short conversations with friends who traveled to Brazil and caught Luso-fever. I thought that the Caribbean, West Africa, and South Africa, where I’d traveled in search of Blackness that both reflected and diverged from my own in w
Lad, 22, dies after cracking his skull falling 32ft while taking selfie at top of Brazilian waterfall
Updated: 21 Dec 2020, 10:50
A MAN cracked his skull and died after tumbling 32 feet onto rocks while taking a selfie at a popular waterfall, say cops.
Guilherme Chiapetti, 22, suffered multiple fractures and traumatic brain injuries after hitting his head at Cachoeira da Onça, a beauty spot in Brazil.
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The nature lover spent hours outdoors, visiting local attractionsCredit: Guilherme Chiapetti/FocusOn News
Guilherme was already unconscious by the time rescuers arrived to try to resuscitate him at the bottom of the falls on Saturday.
The fatal accident happened in an isolated, difficult-to-reach location in Marechal Cândido Rondon, south Brazil.