90 - Jorge Amado: The Ballad of Bahia

The Kitchen Sisters Present

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Jorge Amado, the beloved Brazilian author of Gabriella, Clove and Cinnamon, Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, Tent of Miracles – wrote over 30 books in his lifetime. His works have been translated into 49 languages and adapted for film, television, and theater.

In 1984, The Kitchen Sisters interviewed Jorge Amado, his wife Zelia Gattai, Brazilian composer and
singer Dorival Caymmi, and singer and activist Harry Belafonte as part of the NPR series “Faces Mirrors Masks – 20th Century Latin American Fiction.” The Ballad of Bahia explores the life and writings of the author through interviews, music and readings and dramatizations of his work.

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1:11.0	I've never heard such a stillness come over a place as vast as this marketplace
1:16.2	when everybody heard the Georgiele was there and people gathered around him they
1:21.4	brought him things to eat they debated with him on his book.
1:25.6	They came and they played for him and sang for him.
1:28.9	Later that evening when we were home I told in the marketplace were the subjects of his books.
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