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Black in Portugal is a diaspora-centered platform offering insights, cultural guidance, and practical resources for those visiting, exploring, or building a life in Portugal.

Recent Articles

Eighteen Years in Private. In Portugal, Love Is in the Air.

June Spencer and Penny Curry have been together for over two decades. Portugal is where they finally get to live like it.
22 hrs ago

How to Choose Your Neighborhood in Portugal: 21 Questions to Ask First

Jun 22

A Room of Their Own, in Europe

How Jeannetta Craigwell-Graham and Joy Notoma built Black Women Writers in Europe — and why their retreat is exactly what you’ve been waiting for
Jun 21

She Left a Tenured Professorship to Build a Sanctuary. Now Lisbon’s Black Diaspora Has Somewhere to Come Home.

Apr 23

🌍 Welcome to Black in Portugal

Mar 2

She Is Not Seduced by Europe.

May 31

Portugal Might Not Be Right for You — And That's Not a Bad Thing

Mar 9

Visiting Portugal for the First Time

Mar 25

How to Plan a Scouting Trip to Portugal (and Actually Learn Something From It)

Mar 16