Abstract
Abdias Nascimento’s legacy is timely in a world experiencing exacerbated racial conflict and setbacks in public policy addressing inequality. This essay addresses two dimensions: on one hand, Nascimento’s life and work, and the tools he used to combat racism in the diverse realms of social and political activism as well as culture and the arts; on the other, IPEAFRO’s efforts and initiatives to make his legacy a living one, current with the needs of our time. My sources are my firsthand experience as Nascimento’s translator, co-author, and co-worker for 36 years; and his archives, the contents of which IPEAFRO is in the process of organizing, microfilming, digitizing, and making available via internet, a project that I coordinate.
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