"Tristeza e Beleza na Cidade Negra" by Rasheed Ali

"My music is: A combination of African music ` in the new world '. The music of People of Rain is a music without fronteras! We sing in many languages; English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, etc. Our philosophy is: "one tribe, many voices"....

For me, it is extremely important that we have lines of a communication. We are trying to join all the espíritos of the African Diaspora.... We sing about social problems and spiritual solutions. If we to sing on the love, we must commemorate our race. To commemorate a black love. In my country, in the Caribbean, the black peoples are respected for cultural contributions, but we are not given polìtical respect! Perhaps in Brazil it is thesame? "

- Rasheed Ali/September 20o, 2003/Salvador of the Bahia, Brazil

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