In 1978, Caetano Veloso and Banda Black Rio were together to make some shows in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. The result was Caetano's songwriting together with samba-soul groove of Banda Black Rio in the show named Bicho Baile Show. Just prior to the recording of Bicho in 1977, Veloso was invited to take part in the Negro Festival of Art and Culture in Lagos, Nigeria. He was so knocked out by the music he heard that he scrapped his original plans for the upcoming album to record something more redolent of his experiences in Nigeria.

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