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Global dancefloor: Salvador

Global dancefloor: Salvador

How a music collective is advocating for oppressed communities in Brazil

The Documentary Podcast · BBC World Service

May 24, 202331m 41s

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Show Notes

Brazil has one of the highest rates of trans and gender-diverse homicides in the world, and almost three-quarters of people killed each year are either black or mixed race. Many think the country's conservative and populist class explicitly targets Afro-Brazilians, whose voices are under-represented in politics and culture, despite making up more than half of the country's population. Frank McWeeny heads to Salvador to meet the queer and PoC collective Batekoo, who are changing perceptions by advocating for freedom of self-expression through music, dance, education and community politics.