Hear the Drummer Get Wicked

December 23, 2019 1:25 PM

"In a country with violent history and violent politics, Brazil’s first all-female, Afro-Brazilian percussion group drums and dances and changes lives." (via Longreads)

Banda Didá: Meet the All-female Drum Band Challenging Gender Norms
They Told the Women in Bahia They Couldn’t Drum. Try Telling That to Banda Didá.(SLNYT)

posted by loriginedumonde (2 comments total)

I think I might have seen them in the very early days of their formation. I was at the Olodum practice space in 1994 and I kind of recall there being a group of female drummers also there practising at the time. But my recollections of 1994 are hazy. I will have to go see if I have any photos.
posted by jacquilynne at 2:22 PM on December 23, 2019

Way behind on FPPs...

Love how much fun they're having! I can't find any videos with decent audio, which is a bummer, but their CD is on YouTube and is pretty great!
posted by lemonade at 8:40 PM on January 16, 2020