Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê follows three women competing to be the carnival queen of Ilê Aiyê, a prominent and controversial Afro-Brazilian group with an all-black membership. The selection is ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. On a blustery English summer evening, the tropical heat of South America’s largest nation filled London’s ...
A picture may capture a thousand words, but Brazilian percussion group Ilê Aiyê demonstrates how a melody embraced in polyrhythmic harmonies can convey meaning beyond what can be spoken or seen. On ...