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Dona Zica

1913–2003

Brazil

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Euzébia Silva de Oliveira, better known as Dona Zica (6 February 1913 – 22 January 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.

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