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The Tanabata Matsuri street festival celebrating Japanese culture draws crowds to São Paulo’s Liberdade neighborhood in 2024.

The Hidden History of São Paulo’s “Japanese” Neighborhood

A new book shows how Brazil’s biggest city often literally paved over its Black past.

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