Author: Sed
Sed
An expat now living in Northeast Brazil, Sed Miles works hand in hand with working-class, Afro-Brazilian artists, activists and intellectuals fighting against Brazil’s systematic racial and class barriers using a Pan-African, intersectional pedagogy. Each week they will present dispatches from the archives that will bridge communities and be a resource for the future. The mission of the Archives is to help unite the Black diaspora through documenting, preserving, and sharing stories that represent the shared themes and experiences of working class Black people. The series will focus on Brazil and the United States, societies built and held together by generations of Africa’s unshakable children.
Brazil is generally seen as a false paradise. Every level of its social structure supports a racial paradox that keeps…
“Black Consciousness is in essence the realization by the Black man of the need to rally together with his brothers…
We have finally made it to the last segment of this series on the influence of Black Brazilian athletes on…
This weekend, Brazilians held massive demonstrations against Brazil’s neofascist president in 200 cities across the country. In March, President Jair…
Many of us remember growing up during Black History Month and seeing classroom decorations that included an alphabet wall hanging…
Afro Brazilian history and culture is so long and complex, like Black people in the United States, our southern cousins…
Generally, my dispatches from the Atlantic Archives have focused on my observations as an African-American living in Brazil, the significant…
All over the world people have been speaking out against the ongoing massacre of Palestinians by Israeli State forces, militias…
With the largest population of African descendants in the world, Brazil also has unbroken links to indigenous African spiritual practices…
When groups of well-intentioned Black Americans travel to Brazil to learn about the people and culture, I am not the…
It was unusually quiet one afternoon. The routine neighborhood bustle of the day had frozen. Waves of laughter echoed through…
Allow me to reintroduce myself. My name is Sed Miles and I am a Black man, father, artist, community worker,…