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Menino 23
February 7, 2017 – Join CLAS for Dinner and a Movie to celebrate Black History Month! Enjoy a warm meal while watching Menino 23, a film exploring the enslavement of fifty black and mulato boys in rural Brazil during the 1930s. During that time, local elites in Brazil bought into Nazi and Fascist regimes and even subjected victims to racist experiments. Two of the surviving boys, now in their 80s, share their stories for the first time. CLAS Assistant Director Dr. Nicolette Kostiw will lead a discussion exploring how fascism, Nazism and scientific racism play out in Latin America, as well as possible avenues for classroom application.
Article: How South America Became a Nazi Haven
Curriculum: Africa Enslaved: A Curriculum Unit on Comparative Slave Systems Grades 9-12 African slaves were brought into Brazil as early as 1530, with abolition in 1888. During those three centuries, Brazil received 4,000,000 Africans, over four times as many as any other American destination. Comparatively speaking, Brazil received 40% of the total number of Africans brought to the Americas, while the US received approximately 10%. Due to this huge influx of Africans, today Brazil’s African-descended population is larger than the population of any African country except Nigeria. Learn more about Brazil's history with slavery and how slavery became a burning issue in the late 19th century.
Menino 23 link to film https://vimeo.com/181115170
History of Brazil overview An overview of the history of Brazil to accompany the film Menino 23