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Neguinho do Samba

Remembering the ancestors of samba-reggae … compliments of SambaReggaeTV

Mestre Neguinho do Samba – the father of samba-reggae. Today is the 10 year anniversary of his passing.

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Afro-Bahian History and Culture Reading Resource List

Resources in English

Journal Articles

  • Afro-Brazilian citizenship and the politics of history, by Sean T. Mitchell, (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17528631.2016.1189765) 
  • The role of culture in Brazil’s Unified Black Movement, Bahia in 1992, by David Covin (https://doi.org/10.1177%2F002193479602700103) 
  • Afro-Bahian carnival: A stage for protest, by Christopher Dunn (https://www.jstor.org/stable/41417220) 
  • Olodum da Bahia: A history of cultural inclusion, by Ruy José Braga Duarte  (https://journals.openedition.org/factsreports/1352) 
  • Religion and black cultural identity: Roman catholics, Afro-Brazilians, and Neopentacostalism, by Vagner Gonçalves da Silva  (http://www.scielo.br/pdf/vb/v11n2/a08v11n2.pdf) 
  • Resistance and citizenship in the songs of Ilê Aiyê and Olodum, by Antonio Luciano Tosta (https://www.jstor.org/stable/41349348?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents) 

Books

  • African-Brazilian Culture and Regional Identity in Bahia, Brazil, by Scott Ickes
  • Slave Rebellion in Brazil: The Muslim Uprising of 1835 in Bahia, by João José Reis
  • Axé Bahia: The Power of Art in an Afro-Brazilian Metropolis, by Patrick A. Polk, Roberto Conduru, Sabrina Gledhill, Randal Johnson
  • Brazil’s New Racial Politics, edited by Bernd Reiter and Gladys L. Mitchell
  • Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art, by Matthias Röhrig Assunção
  • Brazilian Popular Music and Globalisation, by Charles A. Perrone & Christopher Dunn
  • Brazil, Mixture or Massacre?: Essays of a Genocide of a Black People, by Abdias do Nascimento
  • Afro-Politics and Civil Society in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, by Kwame Dixon
  • The Masters and the Slaves: A study in the development of Brazilian civilization, by Gilberto Freyre

Fiction Novels

  • Cacao, by Jorge Amado
  • The War of the Saints, by Jorge Amado
  • Tent of Miracles, by Jorge Amado

Blogs

  • Batala Washington Afro-Bahian Culture Blog http://www.batalawashington.com/bahian-culture/
  • Black Women of Brazil (https://blackwomenofbrazil.co/)
  • Candomblé USA (https://candombleusa.wordpress.com/) 
  • Candomblé (http://jonhardeman.wixsite.com/teaching/candomble) 

Website articles

  • Africa in Brazil: How Ilê Aiyê Brought Blackness to Salvador’s Carnival (https://www.okayafrica.com/how-ile-aiye-changed-salvadors-carnival-forever-and-uplifted-black-people-in-brazil/) 
  • Samba and Misogynoir: Will 2018 Be the Last Year of Blackface in Brazil’s Carnival? (https://theglowup.theroot.com/samba-misogynoir-will-2018-be-the-last-year-of-black-1822964862) 
  • Afro-Brazilian History, Beats, and Culture (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/lauri-lyons/afro-brazilian-history-be_b_452877.html) 
  • They Told The Women of Bahia They Couldn’t Drum. Try Telling That to Banda Didá (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/30/travel/brazil-all-female-drums-bahia-banda-dida.html) 

Films

  • Yemanjá: Wisdom from the African Heart of Brazil (http://www.yemanjathefilm.com/) 
  • Rhythmic Uprising (http://www.rhythmicuprising.org/) 
  • Ebony Goddess: Queen of Îlé Aiyé (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQJ3z4nudtA) 
  • Salvador Dawning 
  • Festive Land: Carnaval in Bahia (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382693/plotsummary?ref_=kw_pl) 
  • Ilê Aiyê (The House of Life) (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002MFG3W) 
  • Black in Latin America: Brazil, A Racial Paradise? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh7c46U5hhY) 
  • The Summer of Gods (http://www.thesummerofgods.com/) 
  • The Loudest Show On Earth (https://vimeo.com/76980265) 

Radio Podcasts 

  • Interfaith Voices – God & Government: Brazil Beyond Catholicism (featuring Batalá Washington in final segment at 34:45) (http://interfaithradio.org/Archive/2018-September/God_and_Government__Brazil_beyond_Catholicism) 

Recursos em Português

Artigos de Jornal

  • Da África ao Afro: Uso e abuso da África entre os intelectuais e na cultura popular Brasileira durante o século XX, por Livio Sansone (https://rigs.ufba.br/index.php/afroasia/article/viewFile/21038/13637) 
  • Referências sociais das religiões Afro-Brasileiras: sincretismo, branqueamento, africanizacão, por Reginaldo Prandi (http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ha/v4n8/0104-7183-ha-4-8-0151.pdf) 
  • Religiosidade, rebelião, e identidade afro-baiana (http://www.historia.uff.br/tempo/entrevistas/entres11-2.pdf) 

Livros

  • Genocídio do negro brasileiro: Processo de um Racismo Mascarado, por Abdias do Nascimento
  • A Trama dos Tambores: a musica afro-pop de Salvador, por Goli Guerreiro
  • Casa Grande & Senzala, por Gilberto Freyre

Romances de Ficção

  • Cacau, por Jorge Amado
  • O Sumiço da Santa, por Jorge Amado
  • Tenda dos Milagres, por Jorge Amado

Blogues

  • Mundo Afro (http://mundoafro.atarde.uol.com.br/) 
  • Portal da Cultura Afro-Brasileira (https://www.faecpr.edu.br/site/portal_afro_brasileira/3_III.php) 
  • Geledes Instituto da Mulher Negra (https://www.geledes.org.br/) 

Artigos do site

  • Dia da Consciência Negra: História de Contribuição (https://jornalibia.com.br/montenegro/dia-da-consciencia-negra-historia-de-contribuicao/) 
  • Raízes do Carnaval: A gema carioca é afro-baiana (http://www.pordentrodaafrica.com/cultura/a-gema-carioca-e-afro-baiana) 
  • 5 blocos afro que mostram a forca da cultura negra do carnaval (https://www.huffpostbrasil.com/2017/02/24/5-blocos-afro-que-mostram-a-forca-da-cultura-negra-no-carnaval_a_21721328/) 
  • 10 mulheres negras que fazem a diferença na Bahia (https://www.geledes.org.br/10-mulheres-negras-que-fazem-a-diferenca-na-bahia/) 
  • A RESISTÊNCIA E A BELEZA DOS BLOCOS AFRO (2012)
  • (http://www.elcabong.com.br/musica-afro-a-resistencia-e-a-beleza/) 
  • O feminismo negro: entrevista com Djamila Ribeiro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k1mh7N8Caw) 

Filmes

  • Samba-Reggae: A Arma é Musical Parte 1 (https://youtu.be/3olgEc74LfM) 
  • Samba-Reggae: A Arma é Musical Parte 2 (https://youtu.be/C11zDd4VJWQ) 
  • Samba-Reggae: A Arma é Musical Parte 3 (https://youtu.be/kIntkHiEkTk) 
  • Ebony Goddess: Queen of Îlé Aiyé (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQJ3z4nudtA) 
  • Iemanjá : Sabedoria ecológica do coração do Brasil (http://www.yemanjathefilm.com/)
  • O Tempo dos Orixás (http://www.thesummerofgods.com/filme/) 
  • Ilê Aiyê (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002MFG3W) 
  • Insurreição Rítmica (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1331101/?ref_=kw_li_tt)

Music / Música

  • Oriki: Chants et Rhythmes du Candomblé [Songs and Rhythms of Candomblé] (CD) – https://www.amazon.com/Oriki-Chants-danses-du-Candomble/dp/B0041BBYOA / https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mteOnMwPjP5Ehv5wWLQf0vPN1ypwIFAL8 
  • Batala Mundo Discography (https://www.mundobatala.com/en/discography) 

Afro-Bloco / Bloco-Afro Videos

  • Cortejo Afro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0O9n5UF4eA | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awy6IqLoouw)
  • Olodum (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HbP42bDwJE)
  • Ilê Ayê (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6yayr0WHA4 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4auE-7YzhE)
  • Malê Debalê (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTgV6yZkLyw&t=115s)
  • Muzenza (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXrlx8LSfkQ&list=PL8C3633DA45EB0E4A&index=6)
  • Didá (https://youtu.be/09NqOo84MkA) 

Names to Know of Afro-Bahian Samba-Reggae Movement / 

Nomes para Saber do Movimento Samba-Reggae Afro-Baiano 

 

  • Giba Gonçalves [Batalá Mundo] (https://www.mundobatala.com/en/batala-en/giba-goncalves) 
  • Neguinho da Samba (http://www.carnaval.com/drum/neguinho/) 
  • Carlinhos Brown (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlinhos_Brown) 
  • Alberto Pitta (http://www.cortejoafro.com.br/alberto-pitta/) 
  • Ilê Ayê (http://www.ileaiyeoficial.com/) 
  • Olodum (http://www.narin.com/olodum/) 
  • Timbalada (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbalada) 
  • Ara Ketu (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ara-ketu-mn0000595035 | https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ara_Ketu) 
  • Muzenza (https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRC_Muzenza) 
  • Malê Debalê (http://www.maledebale.com.br/o-bloco/) 
  • Cortejo Afro (http://www.cortejoafro.com.br/) 
  • Filhos de Gandhy (http://filhosdegandhy.com.br/) 
  • Margareth Menezes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margareth_Menezes | https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margareth_Menezes) 
  • Daniela Mercury (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Mercury) 
  • Didá Banda Feminina (http://www.dida-salvador.com/english.html | http://www.dida-salvador.com) 
  • Gerônimo Santana (https://geronimocantor.com/) 
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Batala Washington on Interfaith Voices

Batala Washington members were interviewed for this episode of Interfaith Voices, a national public radio program about faith and social justice.

The theme for the episode is about Brazil’s changing religious landscape as Pentacostalism continues to grow beyond traditional Catholicism and become more contentious against Afro-Brazilian religions (Candomble, Umbanda, Macumba).

The last section of the episode features Batala Washington.

God and Government: Brazil Beyond Catholicism

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Mestre Giba Gonçalves, Founder of Batala

Batala in Washington, D.C. is part of a larger Batala family created in 1997 by Mestre Giba Gonçalves. Born and raised in Salvador, Bahia in Northeast Brazil, Giba was living in Paris when he first had the idea for creating the band. He opened the band to anyone with an interest in learning the samba-reggae beat, starting off with 60 people.

From Paris, Batala spread to other cities in France, Belgium, and the United Kingdom. In 2003, the band finally made its way back to Brazil by Paulo Garcia, also the founder of Batala Portsmouth in the UK. Composer and musical director, Giba enlisted the help of friends from the various bands and from Salvador in order to create the visual identity of the band. The instruments and clothings are all manufactured in Salvador, Bahia, where the band has a social program that gives jobs to many families. From there they are shipped to the bands around the world.

In 2007, Batala expanded its reach to the United States when Batala Washington became the first band created in North America and also the first Batala band with all female members from its leadership to its members. Today, Batala Mundo (the worldwide conglomerate of Batala bands) has over hundreds of percussionists members around the world.

“I think music has no frontiers. You don’t deny access. It’s like your children, you shouldn’t keep your children for yourself. You should give them to the world.” — Mestre Giba Gonçalves

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