After extensive cultural budget cuts and the unprecedented fire at Rio’s National Museum, many Brazilians are disappointed with government’s lack of attention to culture. Meet an artist fighting to preserve Afro-Brazilian culture. | Al Jazeera English

"Afro Brazilians weren’t just descendants of Africa they were the architects of Brazil itself. They built the nation through forced labour, preserved African spirit through culture, and turned survival into creation. Brazil received more enslaved Africans than any country on Earth and was the last in the Americas to abolish slavery in 1888. Yet Afro Brazilians transformed pain into power birthing samba, capoeira, Candomblé, and shaping Brazil’s language, rhythm, food, and soul. Erased from text