When Moïse Kabagambe, a Congolese immigrant, was murdered at a beach kiosk in Rio de Janeiro in January, security camera footage of him being set upon by a group of men armed with sticks went viral. It managed to disturb a portion of Brazilians who sell the fiction that we live in a racial democracy – the belief that we are a society free from racial discrimination.
Moïse came to Brazil eight years ago with his mother and brothers, escaping conflict as political refugees. The family claims he had gone to the kiosk where he worked for daily wages to collect a delayed payment.
