Learning Journal 2

[Oliver Cho]

I have begun my first language task by learning some background about the Afro-Brazilian culture. I watched a documentary called Brazil an Inconvenient Truth. I learned about Brazil's past, and why the culture has such a heavy African influence. I also watched a Afro-Brazilian performance in downtown Richmond that was put on by the Modlin Center. It was quite a good performance, and gave me an even stronger idea of what the Brazilian culture is like. There was also singing in Portuguese within the performance. I was unable to decipher what the words were, but I was able to decipher what the performers were singing about due to their movements.