Media Participation
Television Interview. Research on biographies. “Slavery in Brazil, its Abolition and Memory” (11min). Focus Portuguese / OMINI TV, Canada (2018)
Slavery in Brazil. May 13th is also the date of abolition of slavery in Brazil. Get to know the amazing journey of Baquaqua. An african man who was enslaved in Brazil, managed to escape do New York and ended up in Canada. Bruno Véras tells us more about it.
Website News Article. Theme: Project Baquaqua. “Project developed by Historian highlights autobiographical account written by ex-slave in Brazil”. Ministry of Education Official website, Brazil (2017)
Television Interview. Brazil: DNA Africa concept. “Documentary Brazil: DNA Africa shows the importance of Africa for the country” (1min). Globo News, Brazil (2016)
For the Brazilian documentaries, 150 people have been chosen -- most of them black activists -- from the five states where 4.5 million slaves were brought between the 16th and 19th centuries: Bahia, Maranhao, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, and Rio de Janeiro.