1989Winner
Best Performance
Ôrí
Abdias Nascimento
Actor
Franca, São Paulo, Brazil
March 14, 1914
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 Brazilian Blacks (1950), and the Third Congress of Black Culture in the Americas (1982). Professor Emeritus, State University of New York at Buffalo, he was the first Afro-Brazilian member of Congress to champion black people's human and civil rights in the National Legislature, where in 1983 he presented the first Brazilian proposals for affirmative action legislation.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1983Nominee
Best Performance
Fala Mangueira!
2024Nominee
Best Performance
Othelo The Great
Career Highlights
1959Highlight
Best Performance
O Homem do Sputnik
2008Highlight
Best Performance
Abdias do Nascimento - Memória Negra