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Angel Meadow trailer
Book trailers are all the rage these days, so I’ve created one for the book. Check out the video trailer by clicking on the link below. Angel Meadow is now available on Amazon Kindle. Click here to buy. http://angelmeadowbook.com/2016/04/04/angel-meadow-trailer/
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Tagged Angel Meadow, Book, family history, Friedrich Engels, history, Manchester, Slums, Victorian
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September 26, 2013
Teachers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – on strike since early August over proposed wage cuts and loss of job security – occupy the City Council chambers before a vote on the proposed plan. A series of further actions led … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, history, labor, labor history, Strike, teachers, union, working class
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Some interesting facts!
There is Ronaldo da Silva prison in Santa Rita Do Sapucai, Brazil allows inmates to pedal stationary bicycles that power street lights in a nearby city in exchange for reduced sentences. In another program, prisons is Brazil offer their prisoners … Continue reading
Viola Smith: America’s Original Hep Girl.
Viola Smith: America’s Original Hep Girl Viola is known as one of America’s very first professional Female drummers, she was often referred to as “The Female Gene Krupa.” Born in 1912, she recently celebrated her 100th birthday. Learn about her … Continue reading
NARM Role Model DVD Trailer
NARM Role Model DVD Trailer from BTWSC BBM on Vimeo. This is a 10 minute excerpt from the NARM double-DVD, which highlights 32 African British male role models.The NARM (Naming And Role Model) project is funded by Heritage Lottery Fund, … Continue reading
Posted in Black History, European
Tagged African British, Culture, history, Politics, Urban
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Roots of Capoeira Crowd Funding Appeal
Help them out here Angolan Roots of Capoeira
Posted in Africa, Art, Brazil, Conflict, Dance, Drumming, Film, Finance, History, Music, Percussion
Tagged Africa, Art, Brasil, Brazil, brazilian style, Choreography, comparison, creatives, Culture, dance, drum, film, history, photography, rhythm, spirituality, Technology
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Monday in Albert Square, Manchester.
I had a chance to play with some long standing friends who i haven’t seen for a while this week. So we all duly arrived and waited for something to happen that involved us… Whilst they prepared the Square for … Continue reading
552 – When Macbeth Met Hamlet: a Scandinavian Scotland? | Strange Maps | Big Think
Frank Jacobs on February 7, 2012, 6:50 PM To be or not to be Scandinavian, that might be the question soon enough for Scotland, if it decides to become independent. For the time being, Scotland is still a part of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Brazil, urban
Tagged Art, Brasil, Choreography, history, recycling, Technology, Urban
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Originally posted on Getting It Right~ Living Life:
[Black Orpheus (Orfeu Négre) (1958) Directed by Marcel Camus. Bruno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lea Garcia] It seems as though all of my favorite films especially favorite foreign films come from Brazil. If you…
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Tagged Brasil, Brazil, brazilian style, demographics, history, slavery, Urban
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