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Venting/Desabafo: A Poem on Violence in the Favela

By Sabrina Martina

Twenty-year-old Sabrina "MC" Martina decries the war residents must survive daily in Rio de Janeiro's Alemão favelas.

This article was adapted from AQ's print issue on reducing homicide in Latin America

Sabrina “MC” Martina, 20-year-old poet, rapper and cultural producer, was born and raised in the Alemão favelas on Rio de Janeiro’s north side. Profiled in AQ’s Youth issue in 2017, she is one of the founders of Slam Laje, a monthly event at Alemão, and of the group Favela Poets, which stages “poetry attacks” in...

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