Gabriel Elizondo Last Modified: 20 Jan 2012 15:16 Reposted from Al Jazeera In Depth Features Joao Pimentel is a key figure behind the building of the Belo Monte Dam, Brazil’s biggest. He has decades of experience in the energy sector in Brazil, having worked in both the private and public sectors. He was interviewed by [...]
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By SIMON ROMERO Published: January 6, 2012 NY Times BRASILÉIA, Brazil — Of the odyssey that delivered him to this town in the Brazilian Amazon, Wesley Saint-Fleur could muster only a look of exhaustion and bewilderment. Months ago, he boarded a bus in Haiti, before getting on a plane in the Dominican Republic, landing first [...] Tooth analysis shows Africans taken from wide area ranging from Sudan in the north-east to Mozambique in the south Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 20 December 2011 15.21 EST Locals called it the “cemetery of the new blacks”, but in truth it wasn’t much of a cemetery. Devoid of headstones, wreaths or [...] The Boston Globe Sept. 19th 2010 One year after the death of Neguinho do Samba, the gentle but relentlessly grooving revolution that he helped launch in Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia continues to win converts and transform old notions of Brazilian identity. As the founder of the powerhouse percussion ensemble Olodum, Antonio Luis Alves de [...] Tom Phillips in Engenho II, Kalunga Territory guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 25 August 2010 18.40 BST When Jorge Moreira de Oliveira’s great-great-great-great-great-grandfather arrived in Brazil in the 18th century he was counted off the slave-ship, branded and dispatched to a goldmine deep in the country’s arid mid-west. After years of scrambling for gold that was shipped to [...] Black Brazilians learn from Biko By Alejandra Martins BBCMundo.com Steve Biko sought to set black South Africans free from oppression and he died for it. He probably never imagined that 30 years on, his message would be setting free the minds of young men and women thousands of kilometres away, in Brazil. The Steve Biko [...] An in-depth look at the Candomble religion of Bahia, Brazil in 6 parts. This documentary focuses on the role of ritual and worship in the everyday life of Afro-Brazilians. Are you interested in traveling to Bahia to learn more about African culture first hand? If so, check out what Adiama has to offer! PART 1 [...] This film looks incredible. The word is that it’s scheduled to be released in the fall of 2009. I can’t wait to see it in its entirety. For more info on the legendary capoeira fighter Besouro Manganga read the summary below. WHO IS BESOURO MANGANGA? 10 Amazing Days in Salvador Da Bahia, Brazil |
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