A Crash Course in Portuguese With Angelique Kidjo and Fado Novato
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With the next World Cup and Summer Olympics in Brazil, get ready to hear plenty of Portuguese. Some people are learning it: Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo listens to Portuguese lessons on her iPod. American singer Shay Estes is studying the language so she can sing that mournful Portuguese folk music known as fado.
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