Slavery, according to Elza Soares

May 13, 2011 rescharf Culture, History, Music 5

Elza Soares in photo by Gerardo Lazzari/Flickr

To remember the slavery days and celebrate the (official) abolition anniversary, a great but disturbing Elza Soares video clip, where she sings that “the cheapest meat in the market is the black flesh”.

 

5 Comments

  1. Regina, I really like your website. It is very insightful. I have been meaning to post a comment for some time now. I like the way you keep us up to date on current events with a keen knowledge of the ‘new school’ things that happen in Brazil with a respect and a just as knowledgeable insight about the ‘old school’ things that happen in Brazil. Especially the music videos parts. And I love the music of Elza Soares. In fact I like your site so much I have two deep brazil pages http://deepbrazil.com/, and http://deepbrazil.com/2010/10/13/brazilian-tv-on-the-internet/ which helps me with my Portuguese as part of my set of home pages when I open up my internet explore on my pc/lt.

    For the last couple of weeks in the US on the PBS channels http://www.pbs.org/wnet/black-in-latin-america/ has been on narrated by Henry Louis Gates Jr. a Harvard University professor. It has been a very eye opening series to say the least. He even talked about Abdias Nascimento, the Brazilian equivalent to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Nascimento, http://www.abdias.com.br/ a powerful man/force in Brazil is not well known outside of Brazil, but he is becoming well known outside of Brazil know.

    And while I’m here I’d like to give a shout out to Adam, of Eyes On Brazil who introduced me to your wonderful site.

    • Ty, thank you so much. Your feedback is precious. The internet is a strange space – I interact with so many people daily through Deep Brazil but I have rare opportunities of really exchanging ideas in a more personal way. I am really investing an immense number of hours and energy in this project and it is wonderful to feel the love 😉
      Thanks for your tip on the PBS channel. I rarely watch TV and missed that one. I will mention it soon – I am preparing a post about a documentary by the BBC about slavery in Brazil (which points out, for instance, that 10 times more Africans were brought to Brazil in comparison to the US). It will be also the opportunity to mention Abdias – a character I only know superficially.
      Your message comes in a particularly interesting moment. I am rethinking the identity of DB and the possibility of concentrating in fewer topics – but I am still not sure which. I feel my readers seem more interested in culture, history and society, so I might focus on these (which already represent, anyway, most of the content). But I also I feel nature and tourism should have much more space. Due to the minimal feedback from readers (and also my reduced personal interest), I think I will forget politics and the economy for now. The Google News on the sidebar can take care of this. Any comments?
      Once again, thanks for the kindness. Hope to see you again – and spread the word. You readers are the fuel of this project.
      Kiss
      Regina

    • One more thing, Ty. To Cesar what’s Cesar’s. The best Music posts published on Deep Brazil were written by Elô, from The Good Blood, a blog way edgier, trendier and “antenado” than mine. You should check it.

  2. Regina, I also liked your blog post on ‘Racism, the Brazilian way’. Very insightful stuff also.

    I think I read somewhere on this blog that you think your English writing skills need much improvement? Trust me, your English writing skills are far more advanced than most native English speakers of the language!

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