Young, Black and Gifted - Samba Singer Launches Revolutionary TV Network in Brazil

TV da Gente is the brainchild of 35 year-old Jose de Paula Neto, an Afro-Brazilian singer and musician whose claim to fame was as a vocalist in Negritude Junior, one of Brazil’s most popular samba/pagode groups.TV da Gente – the People’s TV – premiered last November 20th on what has become nationally recognized throughout Brazil as Black Consciousness Day and will soon be celebrating its one year anniversary. Read more from The Black Agenda Report.