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The Documentary: Global dancefloor: Salvador

Global dancefloor: Salvador

24/05/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - The Documentary, Global dancefloor: Salvador

How a music collective is advocating for oppressed communities in Brazil

In the Brazilian city of Salvador, Frank McWeeny meets Batekoo, a queer and PoC collective using music, dance and education to stand up for oppressed communities.

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.
 
Presenter/producer: Frank McWeeny
Producer: Victoria Ferran 
A Just Radio production for BBC World Service

(Photo: Tia Carol. Credit: Viny Soares)

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