Dona Zica | |
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Born | Euzébia Silva de Oliveira February 6, 1913 |
Died | January 22, 2003 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | (aged 89)
Other names | Euzébia Silva do Nascimento |
Occupation | Samba dancer |
Known for | Her role in the Mangueira Samba school |
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Children | Six (one adopted) |
Euzébia Silva de Oliveira, better known as Dona Zica, (1913 –2003), was a Brazilian samba dancer at the Mangueira Samba school in Rio de Janeiro, who went on to play an important role in the Mangueira favela.