During the first decades of the nineteenth century, many slave rebellions took place in the province of Bahia, Brazil. Among those, the most important one was the Malê Rebellion, a religious and ...

Brazil is synonymous with paradise. Exotic beaches, scantily clad Carnival performers -- these icons are unavoidable. But what's really behind the smile on the postcard? All you have to do is go a ...

Visit the city of Salvador a vibrant repository of African influence in Brazil. African-Brazilians provided Brazil with internationally renowned cultural symbols: samba and carnival. The center of ...

If you’re even remotely interested in Afro-tourism, you should make your way to Bahia to learn about Brazil’s Black culture. Girlies in their healing era will love exploring it. It’s a place steeped ...

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled Monday that a trial to determine ownership of the prized Bahia Emerald will continue in Los Angeles despite ongoing efforts by the government of Brazil to ...

Brazil's strategy to sharply increase its U.S. visitor arrivals is tied to expanding travelers' focus beyond Rio de Janeiro and other familiar districts to lesser-visited, yet equally exotic areas of ...

When most people think of visiting Brazil, they think of Rio de Janeiro's packed beaches and infamous cobblestone sidewalks. But when Brazilians want to escape, they head to Bahia, the coastal state ...

Wearing a club badge that is not your team’s would be seen as the ultimate crime at most football matches. This year, though, it has not been unusual to see Brazilian side Esporte Clube Bahia’s ...

Bahia, one of Brazil’s poorest states, faced debilitating socioeconomic inequalities. To address the situation, the government sought to improve the management of public services and thus to promote ...

The bizarre, tortuous journey of the Bahia Emerald began in the depths of a Brazilian mine and eventually landed it in a Los Angeles County sheriff’s evidence locker, where it remains today. Since ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Gram Slattery, Brazil correspondent for Reuters, about the deadly flooding currently happening in the northeastern state of Bahia, Brazil. In Brazil, weeks of heavy rains ...