Bahia

In his music, he would accentuate his Afro-Brazilian foundation and he would likewise wear the straw fastened cap of the angler to additionally offer the picture. Dorival Caymmi who was a local of Salvador the capital of the Bahia conditions of Brazil and had a blended race legacy. He originated from a working-class family that managed him a training and pushed him to endeavor a profession in law, which he eventually abandoned. He additionally invested…

How does slavery in Brazil compare to slavery in America? First, where they got their slaves and when it started. Second, there is the population rate of their slaves. Third, is how Brazilian and American slavery were similar. Fourth, is the way they treated their slaves. In Brazil, slave labor was long before the settlement of Jamestown and still had hordes of slaves on its plantations as late as a quarter century, even after the U.S. had issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The slave trade…

Portuguese baked dessert. “The utilization of massive amounts of egg yolks indicate its Portuguese roots; Portuguese cookery traditionally employs substantial numbers of egg yolks.” As the dessert developed, it was later reshaped by African slaves in Bahia. The main ingredient that was added by the African slaves was the…

mines. Jobs awaited them in agriculture in the northeastern and east-central Brazil that were large-scale productions of sugar cane. In the interior regions, livestock-raising and mining were the primary economy while in the cities of Pernambuco, Bahia, and Rio were economic fortresses (95). Africans would be forced to work hard, to humble oneself, and to obey their masters were the pillar of the slave’s new life (88). Before the slave could change their plight, one had to undergo three…

This summer I was very fortunate to go to Dominican Republic. Before this trip I haven’t visited Dominican Republic in over five years, so I was pretty eager to visit. When I first stepped out of the plane, I took in a breath. I feel that the air over there smells so different since many people over there burn their garbage, I actually like that smell. The streets in Dominican Republic are very bumpy and have a lot of motorists, so during my visit I did not hesitate to drive. The first few…

Background In 1923,Emílio Odebrecht founded the Emílio Odebrecht & Cia. company which was responsible for the construction of several buildings during the interwar period in the Northeast of Brazil. Scarcity of raw materials drove Emilio out of the construction business but his son ,Norberto Odebrecht, had the entrepreneur gene and followed in his father’s footsteps, in 1941, creating a company that became the origin of the Odebrecht Group. During the period 1946-1952, a number of construction…

Black Intellectual Resistance Tactics in Brazil The protest and resistance tactics employed by black thinkers in Brazil, during the early to late 20th century, took on many forms. In order to investigate the dynamic nature of black resistance, I will focus on responses to two popular ideologies that appear at different points in the century Alberto investigates. The two ideas are scientific racism, and idea of racial mixture. In Terms of Inclusion: Black Intellectuals in Twentieth-Century Brazil…

By 1502, the first slave ships had landed in Brazil, and did not stop arriving until 1850, when the transAtlantic exchange of slaves to Brazil was abolished. The Portuguese first colonized Brazil in the year 1500. The native tribes originally occupied the land, but the Portuguese took over and the indigenous people soon became their slaves. The Portuguese first became involved with the African slave trade during the Reconquista of the Iberian Peninsula. In 1494, the ‘Treaty of Tordesillas,’ gave…

If you want to avoid a catastrophic climate change within the future of your existence, then the conversion of natural gas to liquid gas is not the answer for the future that you want for the America of tomorrow. So far, LNG plants seem to be the energy source that will bring a solution to the global warming disasters that fossil fuels have caused to the ozone layer, but the process of liquefying natural gas to an energy source is an intensive process. Brownsville is a city where it gets most of…

The Gutierrez Magee Expedition of 1812. The Gutierrez Magee expedition, left a humongous scar on the state of Texas. Unlike previous wars and fights, the Expedition not only changed Texas, but also many other southwestern states. It also made possible for an expansion to the United States territory, in a magnificent way. This expedition includes a great number of rebels that fought for territories without their country’s say, nonetheless it brought forth the will to fight for independence.…