SAO PAULO — São Paulo's Liberdade neighbourhood, home to the largest Japanese community outside Japan, is renowned for its Asian-style architecture, restaurants and public lighting resembling paper lanterns. Thousands of tourists enjoy the area's cuisine and culture, often unaware of the neighbourhood's Black history.
People walk during a tour of Liberdade neighborhood, to learn the Black history of the city arranged by 'Guia Negro' an organization that aims to disseminate the Black history of the country in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 13 2024.SAO PAULO — São Paulo's Liberdade neighbourhood, home to the largest Japanese community outside Japan, is renowned for its Asian-style architecture, restaurants and public lighting resembling paper lanterns.
"When people see the neighbourhood, there is another history being told," said Debora Pinheiro, a guide on a tour attended by Reuters. "The Japanese arrived in the early 20th century and started a process of gentrification. But the Black presence is still huge." Pinheiro said that the addition of "Japao" to the name of Liberdade's metro station by commercial initiative highlights how Black history is still erased in São Paulo.
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