Gilberto Gil

finished school in Santa Amaro, and he moved to Salvador where he learned how to play the guitar and sing. (Veloso, Caetano) Veloso would spend his time at bars with his sister and perform music for people’s entertainment. Veloso met Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, and Tom Zé in 1963 where they started musical shows as a group. (Veloso, Caetano) One of the musical shows that they started was Vila Velha theatre with Veloso directing the theatre. In 1965, Veloso left Federal University of Bahia to go to Rio

Starting in 1538, nearly four million Africans were taken from Ghana, Nigeria, Angola, Congo and Mozambique to be forced into slavery in Brazil’s sugar plantations and mining industries. The slave trade was eradicated in 1850, and by 1871 the Brazilian legislature passed the Law of the Free Womb. This law was designed to grant freedom to slave’s newborn children and served as a precursor to the abolition of slavery in 1888. They made home for themselves in Brazil, as it had the largest amount of

addition to being famous for his musical work, he also became the Minister of Culture. Gilberto Gil wasn’t the typical songwriter/singer, he was a lot more than that, he was an innovationist. He came up with new sounds “mixing the folkloristic rhythms of samba and bossa nova with the sounds coming in from the Old Continent” (1). His music wasn’t meant for celebration or dancing like Samba. As an activist, Gilberto Gil music was meant to take a stand. He became the voice of Brazilians, protesting against

with Bill Farr who was the leader of “Tom and His Band.” His first found fame was in 1956 at a play called Orfeo do Carnaval where him and poet Vinicius de Moraes came together to come up with a score for the play. A couple years later him and João Gilberto started collaborating and recorded the song “Chega de Saudade” (1958; “No More Blues”). It was a major hit and known for introducing bossa nova/Brazilian music. Later on he

In Gerard Jones' essay “Violent Media is Good for Kids,” he argues a position not taken by many in today's culture. Jones advocates children should be exposed to violent media in order to overcome real life hardships. The problem with Jones' argument arise when he fails to develop his somewhat dated ideas and leaves his audience questioning how effective such exposure would be. In the exposition of Jones' essay, he tells the story of his sheltered childhood. Growing up in a “progressive” family

Have you ever wanted to learn information about the Civil Rights but format of the information is dull. It seems to be that way with many subjects. However, March is unlike most other historical documents. It is about Congressman John Lewis of Georgia and how he became involved in the Civil Rights. The difference with this book is the medium chosen for the work of art. Lewis, also the author, chose to present this information as a graphic novel. He got his inspiration and idea for this from

That is a key reason why Apple was going down by the lead of Gil Amelio. Fortunately, Steve Job, the cofounder of Apple, was back just two months before bankrupt. The business world was not expecting much, even if Jobs was back. Is that possible a single person survive a company from dying? The answer is yes. As

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In “The Glass Castle”, pages 62-121, some of the characters have an experience that makes them undergo a change in character. While it is not too noticeable, if you dig deep into the text you can see how the characters are affected, and possibly make some predictions of how this is later relevant to the story. Some of the predictions and assumptions may not be totally accurate, but are made based on evidence from the story. Jeanette, Brian, and Lori all go through a transformation after they each