Afrolista of the Week: Adyel Silva

"Brazilian Songstress-Adyel Silva

This weeks Afrolista is Brazilian singer Adyel Silva. I love all kinds of music and the only music that really matters is good music regardless of what language it's sung in.

I was completely blown away when I first heard her sing because she reminds me so much of Jazz songstress, Carmen McRae in her delivery even though it's in Portuguese.

Adyel seduces her listeners with the musical offerings of Bossa Nova, smooth and electrifying Jazz and the rhythmic sounds of Afro-beat. To learn more about Adyel Silva, click here to her MySpace page.

Afrolista of the Week: Brazilian Actress, Jessica Barbosa

Jessica's Raça Magazine cover.


Brazilian actress and activist, Jessica Barbosa, sitting pretty.

Jessica is my Afrolista of the week. Jessica is an actress and activist in Brazil. I found this photo in Raça Magazine, which is a well written and informative magazine.

Our brother's and sisters of the Diaspora are putting our magazines to shame with their content. Check out their wonderful web site , even though it's in Portuguese, it's great. I'm definitely looking forward to subscribing to the magazine.