In this episode we will talk about the first person from a favela who wrote a book ("Child of the Dark: The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus") depicting the crude and hard life inside a favela. Infused with some analysis of the political and social situation at the time, the book was immediately a great success inside and outside Brazil. Come to listen and learn about Carolina Maria de Jesus,  a scrap collector, who became a writer and gave one of the most accurate portrayals of the Brazilian society between the 50ies and the 60ies. 

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