Taís Araújo, Sexy Brazilian Actress

Ilisten to a lot of mocambicanos music so most of it is mocambicanos but still take a look ...good music

I just thought I should forward you these videos on some lusoafrican culture if you are interedted...you can also view more videos on related videos ion you tube.


in the you tube search box, just type in:

Neyma-Arromba
MCRoger-Patrao e Patrao
Ziqo-Tauas/Vamos Embora
Wazimbo "Nwahulwana"
Andre cabaco
Cidade de Luanda
Cesaria evoro-sangue berona
Bongo-Maiorais

Yeah, just type all these on the search space on You Tube and enjoys some good Lusoafrican flavour

yep you are right I wish more afro-brazilians could migrate to angola and other lusoafrican countries...That is why I mentioned ESPECIALLY afro-brazilians..more white brazilians migrate to angola than afro-brazilians but you can still spot many afro-brazilians who proudly always wear their brazilian jerasey or some sort of brazilian identity

Congo and Guinea-Bissau were the next top two slave trading exports to Brazil after Moçambique. There were other smaller exports of slaves from other West African countries as well. Brazil has the largest Afro-descended population in the world after Nigeria, and I love that about Brazil. I would to love to know as much as possible about Angola and Angolan culture. I love Africa, and I'm especially intrigued by lusophone Africa, due to the fact we share the same language and more.

Samba's origins are currently in debate, but what's definite is that the name 'samba' was derived from the name of the Angolan dance 'semba', but as for the dance itself, it's still a debate whether if it is derived from Guinea-Bissauan Brazilians, Congolese Brazilians, and Angolan Brazilians.
Wikipedia stated as these four countries being the top four slave trading exports from Africa to Brazil:

#1) Nigeria
#2) Benin
#3) Angola
#4) Moçambique

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Thank you, africanosz. I am very well aware of the Brazilian community in Angola, I've seen footage. Although, the footage I saw of most of the Brazilians living in Angola didn't look like Afro-descendants, but I believe you. Angolans are always well received in Brazil. I rather see more Angolans migrating to Brazil than to Portugal, since Brazil is much friendlier to immigrants than Portugal. It is to be known that Brazilians are very fond of their Angolan brothers and sisters.

and dude, you need to travel to Angola and see the numbers of brasilians in there...i means it is huge there are so many in angola ...some call it their home...and have been there for years....it is good to see that...especially afro-Brazilians...many of them have businesses there...and work there..In general, you guys are good people....i would suggest any afro-brazilian to go to Angola during carnival time and see where it all started,....very good experience

I do know that many of the afro-Brazilians came from Nigeria but I am not too sure if they came in majority..(save that for another argument lol)

I never knew about Benin..do not forget that mocambique, and Congo too have a huge amount of afro-brasileiro decents

and yeah when i see all this samba, and carnival and the way the afro-brazilian women , plus the music, plus capoeira is all the Angolan culture....it is kinda like another angola...

By the way, I don't agree with your opinion on Lázaro Ramos being ugly. I believe Lázaro Ramos is very handsome and attractive, but that's my opinion.

The Angolan Brazilians influenced Brazilian culture more than anyone else, not only more than other Afro-descended slaves, but also more than Europeans as well. I believe Candomblé is one of the few exports of Afro-Brazilian culture that wasn't derived from Angolan Brazilians, but by Brazilians slaves of Yoruba descent, which includes mostly Brazilians of Nigerian descent, but also some of Beninese descent as well.

Did you know that even though most of the Afro-Brazilian culture is derived from descendants of Angolan slaves, that the actual majority of Afro-Brazilians are of Nigerian descent? And that the second majority is of Beninese descent? The third majority of Afro-Brazilians have Angolan ancestry, and I find it amazing that even though the Angolan Brazilian slaves weren't the most populous of Afro-descended slaves, they still managed to influence the Brazilian culture more than anyone else.

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It's no problem, africanosz. Taís Araújo would also be categorized as black in the USA aside from Angola. Her identity as a mulatta is only prevalent in Latin America, France, and Québec. I love that Taís Araújo is proud of her Afro-Brazilian ancestry. Out of my Afro-Brazilian, Amerindian, and European ancestry, I pride the most on my Afro-ancestry. Most of Afro-Brazilian culture is derived from descendants of Angolan slaves in Brazil.

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I'm sorry in africa Tais shall not be considered as Mestizo but as either negra or mixed but mostly as negra

and as for that video of the samba dancer, ...she looks very black to me and would be categorized as negra in Angola..anyways I see where you are coming from...and i see most of the Brazilian afro culture comes from Angola.... with some coming from Nigeria but the majority of your afro-Brazilian culture is very Angolan

Marllon...

okay man i understand what you are saying and i acknowledge that in Brasil the defination of mulatta is different from that of Africa's because in Africa we define mulatto/a as a person whose parents are both black and white. In angola, Tais shall be considered as either Black or mestizo/mesticos but not mulatta. I have no problem with you and i see where you are coming from. It doesn't matter how she calls herself so far as she is proud of her afro-inheritance.

Oops, wrong link! Here is the actual source for the video:

/watch?v=2o1ZXpxTUpI

Now here's a video of a mulatta samba dancer who is also not a first generation mulattoes, like most Brazilian mulattoes. This sambista looks much more ethnically West African than Taís Araújo, yet the host calls her a mulatta, but not black:

Here's the YouTube video source:

/watch?v=9l5MjUZAp-s

Lázaro Ramos, Reynaldo Gianecchini, Douglas Silva, and all dark-haired and/or dark-skinned people are considered morenos in Brazil, it has nothing to do with race or ethnicity. A moreno/a is merely a person with darker hair and/or darker skin. There are many mixed-race Afro-Brazilians who are considered neither black, white, or mulatto/a like Adriana Lima, which I find to be bewildering. I'm wondering if the label "mulatto" is applicable to me, since I'm less than 25% black.

Africanosz, Taís Araújo is morena. Morena is not an ethnoracial label. She may not consider herself morena, because the label is not racially oriented. In Brazil, a moreno/a can be a black person, a mixed person, or even a white person with dark hair. And, by the way, "pardo/a" is just a political label in Brazil for mixed-race people, it's no synonymous with "moreno/a". I'm getting the feeling you think that a moreno/a just means a person with brown or tan skin, which is untrue.

I would be baffled if a mestizo/a identified him or herself as white if s/he was 70% Amerindian and 30% white. Most mixed-race people in Latin America are not first generation. A mestizo is neither Caucasian nor Amerindian, but a hybrid of both. By the way, it kills me that I'm arguing with a fellow lusophone, because I rather get along with my fellow lusophone Africans, since I admire them so much. Would it be okay with you if we just agreed to disagree?

Most Brazilian mulattoes are not first generation mulattoes. And no, 'mulatto/a' is not an exclusive label for Brazilians who have a white parent and a black parent, it does not only apply to them exclusively in Brazil. Most mulattoes in Brazil have mulatto parents. Ronaldinho Gaúcho and Sônia Braga are other examples of mulattoes who aren't first generation. Angola's and Brazil's racial labels are mostly likely not 100% synonymous.

Africanosz, I'm getting the feeling you have a vendetta against me. If Taís Araújo prefers being identified as black, then good for her, I think that it's beautiful that she is so proud of her Afro-Brazilian ancestry. My point is that she is genetically mulatta, and that's an undeniable fact. In Brazil, a random stranger would refer to her as 'mulatta' until she corrects him/her and tells him/her that she prefers being identified as black.

Yes you are right too. Many starts as tina turner, will smith, marcus patrick, etc are has native american heritage, but they call them self black. And definitly Tais identify herself as Black too. You never will find a pure race, races are universal today, no full white, no full black even no full natives. That makes the world so beautyful :D

Douglass Silva is genetically more European than African but he considers himself BLACK-NEGRO....that's the same with Tais...Tais Araujo says she is a black woman. Never have I heard her say she was pardo

and i truly understand the Brazilian culture on race it is not different from Angola's and it is definitely not complicated because I AM ALSO MIXED.

Yes you are right genetically she is more European than African but she considers herself as NEGRA and i have never heard her say she was mulatta. Her mother looks more black than mulatta and i have never heard her call herself either pardo or mulatta but black. same goes to adrina bom bom and many other black Brazilian celebrities.

and for your infos, Douglass Silva is genetically more European than African you can go check that out.