December, 2025
The Portuguese digital magazine BANTUMEN has launched an initiative to spotlight Lusophone Black excellence, highlighting this year the social, cultural, and economic impact of its nominated figures, with the goal of bringing visibility to trajectories often unseen in the media landscape. Singers Nancy Vieira and Karina Gomes, musician Bonga, football coach Nuno Espírito Santo, boxer Octávio Pudivitr, entrepreneur N’Gunu Tiny, anthropologist and writer Michel Alcoforado, sociologist Miguel Barros, and filmmaker Denise Gomes are among the other distinguished figures.





















































































