Abdias Nascimento

Abdias do Nascimento (March 14, 1914 – May 23, 2011) was a prominent African Brazilian scholar, writer, visual artist, politician, poet, actor, playwright, and Pan-African activist, who created the Black Experimental Theater (1944) and the Black Arts Museum (1950), organized the National Convention of Brazilian Blacks (1946), the First Congress of Brazilian Blacks (1950), and the Third Congress of Black Culture in the Americas (1982). Professor Emeritus, State University of New York at Buffalo, he was the first Afro-Brazilian member of Congress to champion black people's human and civil rights in the National Legislature, where in 1983 he presented the first Brazilian proposals for affirmative action legislation.

Known for

Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for YesterdayÔríFive Times FavelaExu Rei - Abdias do NascimentoAbolitionO Homem do SputnikOthelo The GreatNegro em MimDe Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da LiberdadeAbdias do Nascimento - Memória Negra