ASIEH NAMDAR, CNN ANCHOR: Now Brazil is a colorful mix of African, Indian and Portuguese cultures. Many of the country's African settlers were brought in as slaves from the sub-Saharan area that is now Angola. One group of Brazilians has followed its ethnic roots back to Angola, where their slave heritage is being remembered. Angola's TPA TV network reports.</s>ISIDRA SANHANGA, TPA (voice-over): Angola and Brazil: These two countries have a strong cultural ties that result from 300 years of a common history. Both countries were colonized by Portugal, and many Angolans were taken to Brazil during the brutal years of the slave trade. Their descendants make up the base majority of the Afro-Latino population of their country. This is the National Slavery Museum. It is located about 20 kilometers south of Lwanda. For centuries, this place served as a slave trading post. These slaves were then loaded on to slave ships that then sailed the Atlantic on routes to the Americas. Even today it is difficult to determine the number of Angolans dislocated in the slave trade. This same trade is the main factor that influenced Brazilian culture. This impact is seen in present-day Brazilian music, dance and cooking, and every day this people's desire to know the country of their roots grows. This was the case of a Brazilian musical group that was in Lwanda to see the people and land of Angola. The group members enjoy the beauty of Angola's beaches in between their concerts that showed strong identity and bond between Angola and Brazil. From TPA Angola to CNN WORLD REPORT.
Brazilian Band Traces their Roots