Argentine tango was invented by enslaved Africans

The transatlantic slave trade, which lasted for almost four hundred years, left deep marks in all regions where it was adopted, constituting a solid legacy that is perceptible to this day. Thousands of...

America’s revenge – A little-known history of Haiti

On December 5, 1492, a sunny Wednesday morning, the caravel Santa Maria anchored a few meters off the coast. Lost at sea for months, hungry and exhausted, the crew saw dry land: pristine beaches, winding...

Discover Enedina Alves Marques’ story, the first Black female engineer in Brazil

It has been 41 years since Enedina Alves Marques died of a heart attack. Alone in her apartment, located on Rua Emerlino Leão, in the center of Curitiba, South region of Brazil, she was found on...

Robert Robinson’s trajectory: from racism in the USA to advertising boy of communism

In the first decades of the twentieth century, American citizens went from euphoria to sadness. The Great Depression of 1929 led to the dismantling of the economy and pushed hundreds of people into unemployment....