Black Rio

Black Rio:

"Thomas Fawcett looks at a musical movement in Brazil which challenged the accepted wisdom of a racial utopia during a time of repression and military dictatorship. Brazilian music often conjures up images of Carnaval parades marching to a pounding samba rhythm or relaxing on the beach to breezy bossa nova melodies. Afros, black politics and soul music are more often associated with Harlem street corners than Rio dancehalls. But in the late 1960s and ‘70s black Brazilians, inspired by their brethren to the north, threw soul and funk parties that drew thousands of people and helped spawn black consciousness and a positive racial identity. " More

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