Samba
Alma Guillermoprieto

NONFICTION | 1990 | 256 pages

For one year, Alma Guillermoprieto lived in Manguiera, a village near Rio de Janeiro, to learn the ritual of samba—the sensuous song and dance marked by a rapturous beat—and to take part in Rio's renowned carnivale parade.

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