EPISODE · Dec 11, 2020 · 32 MIN
The Amazon's Burning Libraries
from Latino USA · host My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts
The arrival of the novel coronavirus in Munduruku territory, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, has threatened the lives of the group, and its entire culture. COVID-19 took the life of an important Munduruku leader, bringing both sadness to an embattled people and hampering language revitalization efforts. But the Munduruku are a warrior people defined by their fierceness and tenacity. They have approached this struggle as they have all their battles, whether against miners, loggers, and invaders of a different stripe: without reservations.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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An indigenous group in the heart of the Amazon is afflicted by a disease we've all become abundantly familiar with. But this isn't the first time the Munduruku people have encountered hardship.
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