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Jards Macalé: the music pulls you into a trance

With 50 years performing and being politically committed, it is extraordinary that he is not well-known in Europe. He was imprisoned in 1977 during the dictatorship in Brazil, and didn’t record any music for 10 years afterwards. At the 1974 concert, he had read a satirical poem about a chick (pinto). ‘Pinto’ is also Brazilian slang for penis, and was the name of a member of the military government. After the show, many people were arrested.

Multiculture Profiles

Martha Suarez: For her children

With her life already well established in London, she hopes to one day move back to Colombia.   Taylor Zambrano   When she was younger, Martha found that with getting older came many more responsibilities, including some that made being in school harder. There was a lot of stress in […]

Multiculture Profiles

Ángela Camacho, pride in Latin America

She lived for seven years in the United Kingdom without papers, hiding her identity and origin. Today, free of any restraints, she teaches her son and other Latinos in London how to survive in hostile and discriminatory environments.   Marcos Ortiz F.   Ángela Camacho gives off Latin Americanness. So […]