Trófeu Raça Negra


The Trófeu Raça Negra is a Brazilian award which is handed out to individuals and groups who have contributed or exhibited advancements for Afro-Brazilians. Organized by the NGO Afrobras, it was first handed out in 2000 on the 500th anniversary of the European arrival in Brazil, and has been held annually since 2004. It is similar to the NAACP Image Award in the United States.

Recipients

2023

The theme was dedicated to Gloria Maria, television journalist.
  • Ailton de Aquino, Director of the Central Bank
  • Alaide Costa, Singer and Composer
  • André Felicissimo, President of Procter and Gamble of Brasil
  • Barbara Reis, Actress
  • Claudinho Oliveira, São Paulo Police Ombudsman
  • Denisio Liberato, President of Bb/ Asset Management
  • Djamila Ribeiro, Philosopher, black feminist, writer and academic
  • Edinho, Coach and former footballer, Son of Pelé
  • Eliza Lucinda, Actress – Soap Opera
  • Fernando Padula, Municipal Secretary of Education
  • Gilson Ferreira, President of G10 Favelas
  • Kelli Quirino, Advisor at Banco Do Brasil
  • Laura and Maria, daughters of Gloria Maria
  • Luís Roberto Barroso – President of the Federal Supreme Court
  • Manuella Mirella Nunes Da Silva, president of the National Union of Students
  • Mirela Archangelo, child reporter
  • Renata Sofial, Screenwriter Rede Globo
  • Reta Jo Lewis, President of Eximbank United States
  • Samuel de Assis, Actor
  • Sheron Menezzes, Actress
  • Teofilio Barba, State Deputy, Author of the law that considers Black Awareness Day a state holiday in SP

2022

The theme was focused on women who have contributed to the welfare of Black women in Brazil and elsewhere.

2021

The theme honored Ismael Ivo, former director of the São Paulo City Ballet.

2020

2019

  • Raul Botelho – the first black Air Force Lieutenant Brigadier and the first Commander of the Joint Staff of the Defense Ministry, the Lieutenant Brigadier.
  • Érika Malunguinho – the first trans state deputy elected in Brazil, in 2018. She is also known for having created the Quilombo Urbano named Aparelha Luzia in the center of the capital.
  • Dr. Pedro Luiz Sousa – delegate responsible for the arrest of the torturers of the young black man at the Ricoy Supermarket.
  • Alexandra Lohas – prominent journalist and activist in 2019, former French consul.
  • Miguel Haddad – federal deputy. Former mayor and pioneer in the implementation of municipal quotas for the city of Jundiaí, serving as a model for other municipalities in Brazil.
  • Ricardo John – together with Zumbi, he developed the book Caixa Preta, Leão de Ouro in Cannes and institutes targets for hiring young black people at the Agency.
  • Rodrigo Tortima – director of Agência Gray and directors Adriano Matos, Gustavo Zordan and students from Faculdade Zumbi dos Palmares, Vanessa Holanda, Klesley Alves, Mayra Sales and Alex Andre – together with Faculdade Zumbi launched the Machado de Assis Real Campaign, from rescue of the blackness of the great Black Writer, the campaign was awarded gold at Cannes.
  • Andrea Assef – together with Zumbi, she launched the book Caixa Petra in the appreciation and visibility of the historical achievements of black people, won gold at Cannes, Director of the Thompson Agency.
  • Flávia Lima – journalist, black woman occupying the post of Ombudsman of the Folha de São Paulo newspaper.
  • Jacquelin Jules, Deniel Pierrot, Chrisner Louis and Evens Alce – young black Haitians hired at Banco Bradesco.
  • Paulo Roberto Vieira da Silva – physician.
  • João Acaiabe – actor, storyteller, one of our greatest griots, the master.
  • Dexter – rapper

2018

2017

  • Zica Assis, founder of Beleza Natural
  • Dr. Karen Eloise de Andrade Firne, first student at the Department of Medicine of Jundiaí
  • Major Helena dos Santos Reis, First black secretary of the Casa Militar and State Coordinator of Civil Defense of the state of São Paulo
  • Paulo Rogério Nunes, Publicity)
  • Floriano Pesaro, representative of the Jewish community
  • Marco Pellegrini, National Secretary for the disabled
  • Ivan Renato de Lima, regional mayor of the neighborhood of Pirituba
  • Luiz Melodia, singer
  • João Saad, president of the Bandeirantes group
  • Ícaro Silva Silva, actor
  • Marcelo Knobel, dean of Unicamp
  • Marco Antônio Zago, dean of USP
  • Maurício de Sousa, cartoonist
  • Dandara Mariana, actress and dancer
  • Rachel Maia, CEO of Pandora Brasil
  • Ismael Ivo, Head of the ballet of the Municipal Theater of São Paulo
  • Maria Helena Guimarães, of the Ministry of Education
  • Jorge Carlos Fonseca, President of Cape Verde.
  • Zezé Motta, actress
  • João Doria, Mayor of São Paulo
The 2017 award to João Doria, however, was accompanied with controversy in the Afro-Brazilian community and press. Doria is a descendant of slave-owners in the Doria family, and his actions as mayor against touchstones of Afro-Brazilian culture such as samba and Carnaval have been perceived as racist.

2016

  • Elza Soares, singer
  • Carmen Lúcia, President of the Federal Supreme Court
  • Arlindo Cruz, singer
  • Raul Botelho, Lieutenant-Brigadier of Air, Brazilian Air Force
  • Papa Paul Kisolokele, Religious leader in Angola
  • Kim Cape, GBHEM general secretary - president of the North American investment fund of the Methodist Institute of Educational Services
  • Arnaldo Niskier, writer and member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
  • Rafaela Silva, judoka winner of the gold medal in the Rio 2016 Olympics
  • Cláudio Lamachia, President of the Federal Council of OAB
  • Sheila Cristina Nogueira da Silva, mother of Carlos Eduardo, murdered by a bullet lost in Rio de Janeiro
  • David Uip, Secretary of Health of the State of São Paulo
  • Sabrina de Paiva, Miss São Paulo 2016
  • Mauro Silva, Champion of the Brazilian National Team and vice-president of the Paulista Football Federation
  • Rodney Williams, Vice President of Microsoft Brazil
  • Raissa Santana, Miss Brazil 2016
  • Francisco Macena, chief of staff of the São Paulo City Hall
  • Walter Feldman President of the Paulista Football Federation
  • Antônio Mosquito, Angolan businessman

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

  • Best Actress - Lucy Ramos
  • Best Actor - Micael Borges
  • Featured Actor - Érico Brás
  • Humorist - Charles Henrique
  • Women's Journalism - Dulcinea Novaes - Rede Globo
  • Men's Journalism - Thiago Oliveira - TV Gazeta
  • Featured in Journalism - Heraldo Pereira - Rede Globo
  • Set of the Work - Nil Marcondes - TV Record
  • Black Beauty - Silvia Novaes - Miss Italy Nel Mondo
  • Trophy Homage - Ruth de Souza - actress

2010

Popular Award

Institutional Awards

; Nationals
; International
  • Ana Paula dos Santos - First Lady of Angola
  • David Morgan - Vice President of Government Relations at American Express
  • Dr. Jerome King Del Pino - World General Secretary of Methodist Institutions
  • Dr. Ken Yamada - Special Assistant to the General Secretariat and in charge of the Methodist Fund for Global Education and Leadership Development

2009

Popular Vote

  • Actor of the Year: Rafael Zulu
  • Actress of the year: Juliana Alves
  • Television Journalism: Joyce Ribeiro
  • Presenter of the Year: Alexandre Henderson
  • Male athlete: Adriano
  • Female Sportswoman: Marta
  • Pagan Group: Exaltasamba
  • Singer: Alexandre Pires
  • Singer: Vanessa da Mata
  • Rap: Marcelo D2

Whole of the Work

Artist of the Year

Special Award

Institutional Category

2008

; Sportsman of the Year Category
; Category International
; Revelation Category
  • Fabrício Boliveira, actor
; Institutional Category
  • Adriano Lima - Itaú Representing President Roberto Setúbal
  • Benedito Gonçalves, Minister of STJ
  • Clifford Sobel, Ambassador of the USA
  • Cristovam Buarque, Senator
  • Edgar Martolio, editor of Caras Magazine
  • Edson Santos, Minister of Seppir
  • Erickson Gavazza, Judge
  • Fabio Barbosa, President of Banco Santander in Brazil
  • Fernando Haddad, Minister of Education
  • Gabriel Jorge Ferreira - Unibanco Representing President Pedro Salles
  • Gilberto Kassab - Mayor of the City of São Paulo
  • José Luis Bueno - Director Human Resources Bradesco
  • José Sarney, Senator
  • Laura Gold - American consul representing the American Consulate in honor of Barack Obama, who also received a congratulatory plaque for his election
  • Mário Hélio Souza - President of Fundação Bradesco
  • Miguel Jorge, Minister of Industry, Commerce and Development
  • Nélio Alfano Moura, physical trainer of Maurren
  • Ruth Guimarães, Writer
; Lifetime work

2007

; Popular Vote
  • Writer: Valquíria Ribeiro / Sheron Menezes
  • Humor: Sérgio Lorosa
  • Singer : Category not announced
  • Singer : Jairzinho
  • ACTOR: Déo Garces
  • Actress of the Year: Camila Pitanga
  • Actress of the Year: André Ramiro
  • Sportsperson of the Year: Diogo Silva
; Institutional Categories
  • Mac Maharaj, Former guerrilla fighter at the African National Congress against Apartheid and former South African Transport Minister
  • Benedito Gonçalves - Jurist Federal Judge of the Second Federal Court of the State of Rio de Janeiro
  • Benedita da Silva - Former governor of Rio de Janeiro
  • Matilde Ribeiro - Minister of the Special Secretariat for Policies for the Promotion of Racial Equality
  • Janete Rocha Pietá - Federal Deputy
  • Almir de Souza Maia - Former Rector of the Methodist University of Piracicaba - creator of the first project of inclusion of blacks in higher education and partner of Unipalmares
  • Orlando Silva Junior - Minister of Sports
  • José Vicente, president of Afrobras - Sociedade Afrobrasileira de Desenvolvimento Socio Cultural and dean of Unipalmares - University of Citizenship Zumbi dos Palmares

2006

  • Emilson Alonso, president of HSBC
  • Márcio Cypriano, president of Febraban and Bradesco
  • Janete Pietá, elected federal deputy
  • Fernando Haddad, Minister of Education
  • Lygia Santos, president of MIS-RJ
  • Robson Caetano, athlete
; Popular Vote
; Institutional
; Highlights 2006
; Posthumous Homage
  • Sandra Nascimento - Vereadora - Santos

2004

2000