Portuguese Africa

By the mid-15th century, the Byzantine Empire had collapsed and the various Crusades that had taken place in the region had largely disrupted the overland routes of the Silk Road and trade. Compounding the difficulties of trade was the rise of the Ottoman Empire in place of the Byzantines and the outbreak of the Black Death in Europe. This audiobook chronicles the early efforts by the Portuguese that helped initiate the Age of Exploration, and the ramifications the colonization had across the world.

Learning a new language is such an amazing tool that allows people from different parts of the world to connect more easily. In the case of the Portuguese language, several countries have it as the official language, making it the sixth most spoken language on Earth, with 170 million speakers worldwide. This means that learning it grants you the possibility of making friends or finding job opportunities in the most obscure places you can imagine.

I Was Born in the Forest encapsulates the freedom struggle of Africans brought to the Americas in the bowels of slave ships from Congo, Angola, and other parts of Central Africa. In the seventeenth century, many defied the odds by escaping and establishing Afrocentric communities in the mountains in Brazil. Palmares, the most notable among them, existed from 1605 to 1694.

If learning Portuguese is something you’ve been delaying for a while, or if you simply never had the opportunity to learn it, wait no more. This audiobook is here to help you. Portuguese: An Essential Guide to Portuguese Language Learning is for those who want an easy-to-follow guide that will make learning the Portuguese language both fun and simple. This audiobook is specifically created for travelers, students, and businesspeople who visit Portuguese-speaking countries.

Africano: uma introdução ao continente desconstrói a representação generalizada e caricata da África, reproduzida desde o final do século XIX pela indústria cultural e pelos meios de comunicação, e apresenta as várias maneiras com que os territórios africanos adentraram o século XXI.

Para além dos estereótipos e da tradicional história construída a partir de referenciais europeus, o autor - pesquisador e professor de História da África - oferece material didático de grande relevância, fornecendo uma visão panorâmica, que respeita as diferenças e peculiaridades sociais, culturais e históricas que surgem da variedade de povos existentes no continente africano.

O livro de Mércia Leitão e Neide Duarte aborda a relação entre um neto e seu avô de origem africana. Por meio de objetos, como máscaras, vestimentas e histórias cheias de encanto e magia, o avô resgata o seu passado e proporciona ao neto uma verdadeira viagem, apresentando-lhe a beleza, a riqueza e a diversidade da história e cultura do continente africano.