In 1529, an army from the Sultanate of Adal in modern-day Somalia invaded neighboring Ethiopia. For the next fourteen years, the conflict ravaged Ethiopia, planting the seeds of enmity and mistrust in the Horn of Africa that resonate to this day. The Ethiopian-Adal War (1529-1543): The Conquest of Abyssinia brings sixteenth-century Arab, Portuguese, and Ethiopian primary source material […]
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Book: ‘The Ethiopian Adal War: The Conquest of Abyssinia’ by Jeffrey M. Shaw – Editor’s Note
Posted on 26 August 2021.
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Audrey Azoulay: Azores stand out for its nature and cultural heritage – UNESCO
Posted on 25 August 2021.
The UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, was on a private visit to the Azores, where she toured places classified by UNESCO on São Miguel, Flores and Pico, namely the Gruta do Carvão, the Flores UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the wine-growing landscape and the Gruta das Torres on Pico. The Central Zone of the Town of Angra do […]
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Honor: Lara Gularte named Poet Laureate – El Dorado County, CA
Posted on 25 August 2021.
Portuguese American Lara Gulart named Poet Laureate 2021-2023, an honor bestowed on a noted local poet to honor his or her body of work and to celebrate poetry as an art form. El Dorado County, officially the County of El Dorado, is a county in the state of California. With roots in the Azores, with […]
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Book: ‘Between the Sea and Sky’ by Donna M. Binkiewicz – Editor’s Note
Posted on 24 August 2021.
Spurred on by a family tragedy, Margarida takes a leap of faith with her children to sail from the Azores and begin a new life in Upcountry Maui. The family becomes part of a wave of immigrants who labor in Hawaii’s sugar plantations in the 1880s. Witness to the forces of business expansion and political […]
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Book: ‘The First World Empire: Portugal, War and Military Revolution’ – Editor’s Note
Posted on 22 August 2021.
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the early modern military history of Portugal and its possessions in Africa, the Americas, and Asia from the perspective of the military revolution historiographical debate. The existence of a military revolution in the early modern period has been much debated in international historiography, and this volume fills a […]
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Alagoas Brancas: Fight rages on saving an Algarve wetland – by Len Port
Posted on 20 August 2021.
By Len Port Uncertainty as to when an appeal court in Lisbon will make a decision on an Algarve municipal council’s refusal to order a developer to make an environmental impact study is exacerbating frustrations among campaigners determined to save the wetland site known as Alagoas Brancas. The campaigners are asking supporters for donations to […]
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