Brazilian is Honored by the US Government for his Fight Against Religious Intolerance
Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
The 'babalaô' (a priest of Candomblé, an African-origin religion) and doctoral student in History of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) Ivanir dos Santos received on Wednesday, July 17th, an award from the State Department of the United States Government for the relevance in his fight against intolerance toward practitioners of Africa-based religions in Brazil.