Category Archives: General

Brazil 101: Getting Beyond Samba and Soccer

Posted on September 18, 2018 by agogo22

Originally posted on Best of Brazil Blog:
Journalist and author Misha Glenny offers this brilliant lecture on the history and national identity of Brazil – perhaps as good an overview as can be given in less than fourteen minutes. https://youtu.be/z-yzTSrjkxc…

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BRAZIL ADOPTS YORUBA AS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE! #Brazil #YorubaLanguage #Intercultural #NigeriaIsAGoal #LoveYourRoots #Likeforlike #LatestNews

Posted on September 18, 2018 by agogo22

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Race to Class

Posted on September 18, 2018 by agogo22

Originally posted on Backs to School:
Institutions of higher education in Brazil have been anything but immune to the changing discourse surrounding race in the diverse South American country. A recent Portuguese language article in El País examined how students…

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La Mercè 2018: Activities for whole family

Posted on September 18, 2018 by agogo22

Originally posted on Barcelona with Family:
September in Barcelona means La Mercè festival and you don’t want to miss it! Indeed, this festival celebrate one of the patron of the city, Virgin of Grace, and happens every year since the…

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Akira Kurosawa and Gabriel García Márquez: The Conversation

Posted on September 17, 2018 by agogo22

Originally posted on Vox Populi:
In October 1990, Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez visited Tokyo during the shooting of Akira Kurosawa’s penultimate feature, Rhapsody in August. García Márquez, who spent some years in Bogota as a film critic before penning…

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Acarajé: impossible to be more “baiano”.

Posted on September 17, 2018 by agogo22

Originally posted on World Cuisine:
Bahia is a State of many contrasts and one of the main differences with the rest of the country is its unique cuisine with strong African influence. Virtually all the typical foods of the region…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Interview: Morgan Gruer Mixes Animation With Live Action — Filmotomy

Posted on September 17, 2018 by agogo22

The Maya Deren Short Film Innovation Prize — WINNER — Morgan Gruer – “for excellent, emotive hand-drawn animation with Reflections, and incorporating her vibrant talent to live action work including music videos”#FemmeFilmFest #directedbywomen pic.twitter.com/XkQO5QgJcU — Robin Write (@Filmotomy) September 16, … Continue reading →

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Liverpool and Manchester Railway

Posted on September 16, 2018 by agogo22

Originally posted on A Stamp A Day:
Great Britain – Scott #904 (1980) The Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened on September 15, 1830, connecting the major industrial city of Manchester with the nearest deep water port at the Port of Liverpool,…

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Dr Warwick Kerr, the “Man Who Created Killer Bees”, has died

Posted on September 16, 2018 by agogo22

Originally posted on Bad Beekeeping Blog:
It is with regret that we report that the humanitarian, geneticist, and scientist, Professor Warwick Kerr, passed away this morning, September 15, 2018. He was six days past his 96th birthday.  Dr Kerr, a…

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The political spectrum of Brazil: how the 2018 elections have revealed a country divided between two extremes

Posted on September 15, 2018 by agogo22
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