Abdias Nascimento

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Personal Info

Known for

Acting

From

Franca, São Paulo, Brazil

Born

3/14/1914

Age

111

Credit(s)

12

Biography

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 ...Show More