November 20th, 2022
The Black Consciousness Day is held every November 20th to remember the death of Zumbi dos Palmares, one of the pioneers of resistance to slavery.
According to an article published in HCS-Manguinhos, the emergence of the modern styles of capoeira should be considered in the global context of the modernization of martial arts in Europe and Asia. In Assunção, M. R. (2014). Capoeira circle or sports academy? The emergence of modern styles of capoeira and their global context.
From a historical perspective, we have selected articles that address racial issues in Brazil and the sad slave past that had profound and lasting consequences for our society. Articles also include topics related to black culture and resistance.
A morphology of ‘quilombos’ in the Americas, sixteenth-nineteenth centuries – The paper written by Manolo Florentino (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) and Márcia Amantino (Universidade Salgado de Oliveira) presents a study on “quilombos” in slave societies in the Americas.
Tetanus among slaves and freeborn in Brazil – Ian Read, from Soka University, talks about tetanus in 19th century Brazil. According to him, the story about health and medicine is needed to understand the transition from empire to the republic.
Slave mortality during the cholera epidemic in Rio de Janeiro (1855-1856): a preliminary analysis. Kodama, Kaori et al. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Dez 2012, vol.19, suppl.1.
On slaves and genes – How can genetics contribute to the debate about affirmative actions aiming to mitigate the inequalities created by slavery? The anthropologist Elena Calvo-González analyses genetic studies of the Brazilian population.
Brazilian eugenics and its international connections – In the early twentieth century, when many linked Brazil’s economic and social backwardness to its racial miscegenation, anthropologist Edgard Roquette-Pinto swam against the tide, refuting the notion that the Brazilian people were “inferior” and valorizing the country’s mestizo biology instead.
Race and the Rockefeller Foundation From 1927 to 1942, the Rockefeller Foundation ran a tuberculosis commission in Jamaica. This paper explores the role that race played in it.
Capoeira circle or sports academy? The emergence of modern styles of capoeira and their global context The emergence of the modern styles of capoeira should be considered in the global context of the modernization of martial arts currently in progress in Europe and Asia on the one hand, and the new phase of Afro-descendant modernity on the other.
Ideology, science, and people in Amílcar Cabral The article explores the writings by and about Almícar Cabral, one of the most renowned figures in contemporary African history.
Cooperation between Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti This special issue of HCS-Manguinhos discusses different aspects of the cooperation between these countries.
