Afro-Brazilian Erotic

Skin tone spans Fitzpatrick IV-VI, with V-VI the modal distribution. Hair texture is most often Andre Walker types 3A-4C — curly to coily — with coloration predominantly black or very dark brown, occasionally with reddish undertones in some communities. Facial features include broader nasal bases, fuller lips, and rounded face shapes characteristic of West and West-Central African source populations, with substantial individual variance. Eye color is predominantly brown to dark brown. Build is on average somewhat taller and more athletic than the Brazilian national average. There is genuine heterogeneity within the Afro-Brazilian population — Bahia's population shows higher Yoruba ancestry, Northeastern coastal populations show stronger Central African ancestry, and Southeastern urban populations are more admixed. The category preta/Afro-Brazilian is distinguished from pardo/Pardo Brazilian by greater self-identified African ancestry concentration, though the phenotypic boundary between the two is gradient, not categorical.