meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Witness History

Diary of Life in a Favela

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

A poor single mother of three, Carolina Maria de Jesus lived in a derelict shack and spent her days scavenging for food for her children, doing odd jobs and collecting paper and bottles. Her diary, written between 1955 and 1960, brought to life the harsh realities faced by thousands of poor Brazilians who arrived in cities like São Paulo and Rio looking for better opportunities. Her daughter, Vera Eunice de Jesus Lima, speaks to Thomas Pappon about how the book changed her family's life. Picture: Carolina Maria de Jesus in the Canindé Favela. Credit: Archive Audálio Dantas

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless

0:06.8

searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the

0:11.8

telly we share what we've been watching

0:14.0

Cladie Aide.

0:16.0

Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.

0:19.0

Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.

0:21.0

And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less

0:24.9

searching and a lot more watching listen on BBC sounds. Choosing what to

0:32.1

watch night after night the flicking through the endless

0:36.5

searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the

0:41.5

telly we share what we've been watching.

0:43.7

Cladie Aide!

0:45.7

Loads of games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.

0:48.2

Lovely.

0:49.0

Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.

0:51.2

And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less

0:54.7

searching and a lot more watching listen on BBC sounds you're listening to the

1:00.4

witness history podcast with me Thomas Papon and today I'm taking you back to

1:05.0

1960 and the launch of a book by a poor black Brazilian single mother which became a

1:11.4

bestseller in Brazil and America. The diary of Carolina Maria

1:15.9

of Jesus who lived in a slum in Sao Paulo turned her into a celebrity. It was the first

1:22.1

time the world got an insider's view of life in a favela.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.