Singer Juliana de Aquino dies in Air France plain crash

The blog Afro Brazil America reported that the Brazilian musical singer Juliana de Aquino is one of victems of the flight 447 Air France disaster. Since 2003 she lived in Germany, where she had a succesfull music career

Born on the 2nd of march in Brasilia- Brasil. Juliana de Aquino started at the age of 4 her musical education. She studied piano at IMDF, musical singing with maestro Marconi Araujo and classical singing with Aeda Moreira and at Universidade de Brasília. She also took part at singing workshops with Richard Lissemore and acting workshops with Steve Markusfeld.

After playing many roles in Brasil, Juliana de Aquino had the opportunite to take part at the german production of " The Lion King" in Hamburg from 2003 till 2007.

In 2008, she played the role of Maria Magdalena in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Austria.

Now, Juliana de Aquino had been playing in Stuttgart, Germany, the musical Wicked.

Homepage of Juliana de Aquino

What does Obama mean for Afro-Brazilians?

In Europe you don't here very much about Afro-Brazilians. So if you want to know how a Brazilian-American feels about Obama,
read: xica bahia

An interesting Brazilian Blog on Obama is Obama Brasileiro

Afro-Brazilian Mayra Avellar wins Children's Peace Prize

Archbishop Desmond Tutu awared the 2008 Children's Peace Prize 2008 to 17-year-old Mayra Avellar Neves who grew up in a Rio de Janeiro slum where drug wars raged. Gunfire often prevented children from attending school, sometimes for months at a time. Mayra organised a protest march for school childrenRead: Student protest in the slums