It's a fun style of music with lots of energy. A shekere is a percussion instrument that you play by shaking it. You move it up and down and side-to-side to make different sounds. Samba is ...

At the time, Brazil was undergoing a major transformation, and the Carioca neighbourhoods became cultural melting pots where ...

“This was the first time in the history of samba – and, perhaps, even in the history of Brazilian popular music – when an explicit call to action, directed exclusively at Negroes, had been included in ...

From the streets of Rio de Janiro to a community hall in the Welsh capital of Cardiff, the energetic rhythm of Samba drumming is playing an unexpected role in the lives of people living with ...