Mangueira used its parade to praise Bantu culture, with many of its members wearing costumes honoring the African vocabulary that has long been integrated into Brazilian Portuguese. This is no ...

The main aim of the Portuguese, when they first came to sub Saharan Africa in 1443, was to enhance and enrich the Portuguese Crown. With a very small population, Portugal had for centuries ...

Away from the buzz of South Africa's largest and wealthiest city, generations of Portuguese diners have gathered in one storied restaurant in search of a rare and simple pleasure - the taste of home.

An Ethiopian‑born American, Ethiopis Tafara has taken charge of the World Bank’s private‑sector arm on the continent.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Beginning in the 1430s, navigators sailing under the Portuguese flag explored from Africa's west coast all the way to the Cape of Good Hope, which they rounded ...

But he also hoped to find gold. For centuries gold objects from sub-Saharan Africa had made their way to Europe. Some Portuguese even believed that the objects came from a "River of Gold." ...

Portugal and Lusophone Africa from the 15th century period of Portuguese expansion to the post-colonial present. Taught in Portuguese. Required prereqs. PORT 2110 and PORT 2120 and PORT 2350 (minimum ...