Afro-Brazil: A Visual History is a digital archive dedicated to communicating Afro-Brazilian history through visual and material culture. The archive’s collection is constituted of prints, paintings, and other forms of material and visual culture that center the experiences, presences, and expressions of Afro-Brazilian people throughout sixteenth to nineteenth century Brazil. Learn more about the collection’s purpose, scope, and subject matter through exploring the Finding Aid.

This project is developed by Angelina Coronado, CUNY City College student and Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow.

All images on Afro-Brazil: A Visual History are in the public domain and are intended to be used for educational purposes only.

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Collection Development Policy

This collection is compromised of digitized items in the public domain pertaining to Afro-Brazilian history from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. Items range from portraits, prints, ephemera, and other forms of visual and material culture.

Afro-Brazil: A Visual History aims to maintain this database that is not only accessible to a vast audience but is a project developed by wider communities within and outside of archival and academic professions. Therefore, the archive accepts donations to develop the materials available within the archive as well as suggestions on the direction and scope of the archive.

Contact: [email protected].