Displaying 1 of 1 2010 Format: Book Author: Neate, Patrick. Title: Culture is our weapon : making music and changing lives in Rio de Janeiro / Patrick Neate and Damian Platt ; foreword by Caetano Veloso. Publisher, Date: New York : Penguin Books, 2010. Description: xvi, 205 pages ; 20 cm Summary: Relates the story of Grupo Cultural AfroReggae, an organization based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that employs music and an appreciation for black culture to inspire residents of shantytowns to resist the drugs that are ruining their neighborhoods. Subjects: Black people -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- Social conditions. Black people -- Crimes against -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro. Social problems -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro. Social change -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro. Non-governmental organizations -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Social conditions. Other Author: Platt, Damian. Notes: Originally published: London : Latin American Bureau, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-205). 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. LCCN: 2009041080 ISBN: 9780143116745 0143116746 Other Number: 430052091 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 261929 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 306.098153 Neate Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
