Previous posts for June 26th are found here: Leopold Koželuch (2019), Hugues Cuénod (2020), and Leopold Koželuch (2021)
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Gilberto Gil (b. 26 June 1942) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism.
The Ballad of Gilberto Gil
Tropicália was not only an expression in analyzing and manipulating culture but also a mode of political expression, – Wikipedia, s.v. “Tropicália”
In 1964, the Brazilian military regime saw both Gil and Veloso as a threat, and the two were held for nine months in 1969 before they were told to leave the country. - adapted from Wikipedia
When President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in January 2003, he chose Gil as Brazil's new Minister of Culture. – Wikipedia
Gilberto Gil
Was from Brasil,
But he and several peers
Were forced to leave
One sultry eve
For exile, several years.
Official views
Attacked his muse,
(The tropicalismo beat),
They wouldn’t let
This potent threat
Gain traction in the street.
But he returned
No longer spurned
And with a new position
He took the stage
To re-engage
As musician politician.
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