Assis Valente

The dramatic history of the great and distinguished Brazilian popular music composer Assis Valente begins with him being kidnapped at six years of age from his parents, by a guy called Laurindo, who thought he'd be better in other hands, to work as a semi-slave for family Canna Brasil in Alagoinhas, BA. Never again he would see his parents or brothers. He worked all day long and was forced to study at night. When the Canna Brasil moved to Salvador BA, Assis Valente went with them. But when they moved to Rio, Assis continued to live there, getting a job as flask-washer at the p...