King and other authorities declare Bahia the Yoruba Capital of the Americas
Note from BW of Brazil: Brazil has a huge debt to Africa and its people. Not only is it estimated that nearly 90% of Brazilians have at least 10% African ancestry, the country was the recipient of the most African people during the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade than any other nation, with an estimates ranging between 4-5 million in the period of about three centuries. And throughout Brazil’s history, the indelible imprint of Africa is so part of every day life that most Brazilians don’t know the extent of the influence of African peoples on the formation of the nation. Sure, everyone knows about capoeira, samba and the Candomblé religion. But how many of us know that the style of Portuguese spoken in Brazil could actually could called ‘Pretoguese’, meaning ‘black Portuguese’, due to the Africanization…
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