CANARES DO ANDARILHO

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Born in 1929, JOSE AFONSO, also known as ZECA AFONSO or simply ZECA, became an icon in Portugal for the role his music played in the resistance against the dictatorial Estado Novo regime. His song "Grândola, Vila Morena", officially banned in Portugal at the time, served as the signal for the start of the peaceful Carnation Revolution in 1974 and was broadcast on the radio on the night of April 25th to signal the Movimento das Forças Armadas (MFA) to overthrow the dictatorship. Over the following years, more than 15 albums were released, AFONSO played all over the world, and is still considered a pioneering activist for human rights and against political oppression. "Eu Vou Ser Como A Toupeira" is a historically relevant album on which Afonso, despite urgent problems such as the murder of the painter and anti-fascist activist Dias Coelho by the PIDE or his own persecution, with fresh and lyrical songs inspired by poetic texts by e.g. Fernando Pessoa, tries to find solutions and dreams of a free and carefree life.