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This is one of the instances when our other  podcast, Caipirinha Libre, ends up influencing its older sibling, the Caipirinha Appreciation Society show. We interviewed a prominent  Brazilian civil-rights activist based in Barcelona about the activities to be held in "Black November", the  local version of the "Mês da Consciência Negra" : a series of events meant to promote awareness about what it means to be black in modern-day Brazil. Since the date also commemorates the anniversary of the death of Zumbi, we put together a playlist focusing on the iconic leader of Palmares, a 17th-century runaway-slave community. That got us thinking and researching, and the resulting episodes of both podcasts are great listens. If you can understand the Spanish, you should give  
​    Caipirinha Libre a go (links below):

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The name of the episode defines the mood: calm, meaning that we tried to achieve a more relaxed show. Few big beats, little controversy or even too much talk. Note that we are experimenting with a new format to present you new albums in the show. 

The highlighted artists are Céu with her new album Apka! Her fifth album  is produced by Pupilo (ex-Nação Zumbi) and Hervé Salters (General Elektriks) and is literally a postpartum record: having to give up the frenzy of gigs and touring for a while to relax at home before giving birth to her second baby, Céu started to create the album. It has contributions from Caetano Veloso and Dinho Almeida (Boogarins), Seu Jorge, Mark Ribon and Tropkilazz . At our first listening, we made the mistake of comparing Apka! with her excellent previous album having the impression that it was more of the same...

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DESDE LOS AÑOS 70, varios movimientos negros en Brasil reivindicaban que se celebrara la fecha de la muerte de Zumbi dos Palmares, lider negro que en fines del siglo 17 formó, con su compañera de luchas Dandara, una gigantesca comunidad acogedora de hombres y mujeres fugados del trabajo esclavo.
Finalmente, en el 2001, el 20 de noviembre fue reconocido como el Día de la Consciencia Negra.



​Para potenciar esta importante reflexión, muchos colectivos aprovechan todo el més de noviembre para dar visibilidad a las cuestiones que implican a la vida de los negros y negras en sociedad.

Aquí no será distinto. El Ciclo Mujeres, el Colectivo Afrofeminista y Mujeres Negras Viviendo en un Mundo Paralelo, con el apoyo de otras entidades, presentan el MES DE LA CONSCIENCIA NEGRA (III Ciclo de Dandara a Marielle) en la ciudad de Barcelona.

En esta edición del programa Caipirinha Libre nuestras invitadas (Dai Sombra, Katherine Reyes Paredes) hablan de las diversas charlas, presentaciones y actividades para dar mayor conocimiento sobre los negros y negras en la capital catalana. Escúchalo en el siguiente enlace:

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So here's the truth: the episode itself has nothing to do with sins or sinners. But we had this photo we wanted to use, and decided to make it a cover and give a chance for YOU to reflect about your sins. 

Can you list the 7 deadly sins by heart, without checking the internet??

​Are you up to date with the latest sin list? It certainly has grown larger since fundamentalists starting meddling with politics in supposedly lay countries. In Brazil...

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We start the show with 30 minutes of music by bands that were part of the Manguebit (‘Manguebeat' for some) movement, to introduce one of the new albums highlighted in our show: Dj Dolores and Recife 19. Dolores is a long-time friend of the CAS and we were helping him promote his mini European tour. Due to bureaucratic details he missed his dates in the UK and we quickly improvised two emergency performances to fill the gap on his tour. One at Diobar with the girls from Madame Baião and another one at La Rouge (Raval) to record a live material for the Caipirinha Appreciation Society. You’ll hear this audio in a future CAS show.

The other band highlighted is...

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​The word that serves as theme to this episode, 'juiz' - which can be translated both as a 'judge' in the legal system and as the 'referee' in field sports - was chosen because at the time of the live broadcast Sérgio Moro, the judge who manipulated the 2018 presidential elections in Brazil by having the most popular contender arrested, was the subject of a series of journalistic pieces by Glenn Greenwald's The Intercept revealing... 

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With a career spanning from 1974 to 2002, the exiled drag duo Les Etoiles is virtually unknown in Brazil. It was created by Luiz Antônio Moraes da Silva and Rolando Faria, both of whom had a singing a carrier in Brazil;  Luiz Antonio featuring in albums by Rilldo Hora and  Dom Salvador and Rolando as part of Ronald Mesquita’s Central do Brasil. Rolando was recording an album with Central do Brasil in Barcelona when he decided not to go back to Brazil. Soon after he met Luiz Antonio and they formed Les Etoiles...