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“The intellectual, artistic, scientific freedom of opinion and press is guaranteed without censure or authorisation.” From the Brazilian constitution, Article 5
So any citizen has the right to express himself – even favelados. It is a basic right like breathing, thinking, living.

Why are local radio stations so important for favelados?

The statistics ‘level on education’ and ‘matters of local radio stations’ can be viewed on the RadioFavela site.
Auf könnt Ihr Lokalradios hier nachlesen. Dort findet Ihr auch die Statistiken über Ausbildungsniveau und Themen der Lokalradios in Brasilien.

Related Posts and Sites
- World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters available in English, français y español
- Interviews with Ruben César Fernandes, executive director of Viva Rio.
- other posts on the RadioProductionCentre (RPC)

Here it goes. The second part with the interview with Damian Platt. The first one was last week called ‘AfroReggae and Urban Connections’.

More interested in the subject?
Together with Patrick Neate, Damian has published a paperback
‘Culture is Our Weapon: AfroReggae in the Favelas of Rio’.
Patrick Neate and Damian Platt , Latin American Bureau, London, 2006, 176 pp., ISBN 1 899365 69 9

Damian Platt used to be Brazil campaigner at Amnesty International and is now the coordinator for international partnerships at the cultural group AfroReggae.
This episode we will talk mainly of the ‘conexoes urbanas’ (urban connections, especially the last show with Marisa Monte). Next week we get his idea of music as a vehicle in a city/district and life in favelas.