Nago News in Bahia

  Greetings to all Oduduwa's children around the world Brazil is the country with the largest black population in the world, after Nigeria. Most of the brazilian population is of African descent. Perhaps because of this situation, some of the languages and cultures inherited from our grandparents is still very much in vogue today. At least three languages ​ from the Black Continent continue to be used today in connection with traditional religions. The Nagô is one of these languages. I apologize to all of you, my black brothers, for any inconvenience I may cause by saying what I have to say. Don't be angry with me, but, with no doubt, the Nagô, after Portuguese, is the most spoken language in this country. In ancient times, especially in Salvador, capital of the state of Bahia, Nagô became a Lingua Franca spoken by many Africans, regardless of their ethnicity. Today, Nagô is called the Yoruba. Did you know that due to the importance of the Yoruba culture and l...

  One of the most important movements for the independence of Brazil, while the country was a colony of the Portuguese kingdom was a conspiracy that took place around the end of the XVIII century (1798 - 1799), in Salvador, the capital of the province of Bahia. Here is a short story about one of the most important events in the life of black people in this country. Therefore, on August 12 this year in the same public square where the Portuguese colonial regime massacred four black prisoners in 1798, two of the Bahia government officials and black leaders of various walks of the social life of the state, gathered together in honoring the four heroes who fell during that time. All of us had tears in our eyes. The event went down history dubbed as "The Conspiracy by the tailors" (because some of the participants were in that profession). It is also called "The Conspiracy by the people of Bahia." Recently, historians began to refer to the movement as "The...