Culture is our weapon

making music and changing lives in Rio de Janeiro

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Culture is our weapon

making music and changing lives in Rio de Janeiro

An inspiring mission to rescue young people from drugs and violence with music At a time when interest in Brazilian culture has reached an all-time high, and the stories of one person's ability to improve the lives of others has captured so many hearts, this unique book takes readers to the frontlines of a battle raging over control of the nation's poorest areas. Culture Is Our Weapon tells the story of Grupo Cultural AfroReggae, a Rio-based organization employing music and an appreciation for black culture to inspire residents of the favelas, or shantytowns, to resist the drugs that are ruining their neighborhoods. This is an inspiring look at an artistic explosion and the best and worst of Brazilian society.

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Penguin Books
Language
English

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Culture is our weapon: making music and changing lives in Rio de Janeiro
2010, Penguin Books
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Cover of: Culture is our weapon
Culture is our weapon: making music and changing lives in Rio de Janeiro
2010, Penguin Books
in English
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Culture Is Our Weapon
2010, Penguin USA, Inc.
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Culture Is Our Weapon (LAB Short Books)
February 24, 2006, Latin America Bureau
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Culture is our weapon: AfroReggae in the favelas of Rio
2006, Latin America Bureau
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Table of Contents

Living in a war zone
The cradle of crime
First moves
Rival factions
JB tells his story
The political moment
Funk
Back in Alemão
People and perceptions
The factions
Guerra
How it works
The police
Three survivors' stories
Trabalhadores or trafi cantes
Junior
A different way
The end of the beginning.

Edition Notes

Originally published: London : Latin American Bureau, 2006.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306.098153
Library of Congress
F2659.N4 N416 2010, F2659.N4N416 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24032976M
Internet Archive
cultureisourweap0000neat
ISBN 13
9780143116745
LCCN
2009041080
OCLC/WorldCat
430052091

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