Brazilian funk, the link between government corruption and insurgency, and Nigeria's anti-gay law

The favelas are Rio’s sprawling slums, where you’ll find the grittiest and funkiest music known by various names like baile funk and favela funk. It’s a style of music that the Brazilian government has been cracking down on lately, especially leading up to the World Cup games. We explore the roots and sounds of favela funk on this week’s Global Notes.
Then, in a recent Op-Ed, researcher Sarah Chayes argues that “much of the responsibility for the rise of the Boko Haram extremist group may lie with the Nigerian government itself,” and that government corruption is a big part of the problem. Sarah Chayes, a senior associate with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s South Asia program, joins us to discuss the link between corruption and national security.
And, Victor Charles Aweke is a Nigerian who openly volunteered on HIV and human rights issues until violent threats forced him to leave his home country. John Adewoye, a Nigerian-American gay man from the Chicago area, originally came to the U.S. as a Catholic priest. He sought out "conversion therapy", but now views the practice as illegitimate. They’ll both talk about what it means to be Nigerian and gay in their home country and in the diaspora at large.

(Photo: Marcelly de Mello da Silva, 15, shows off her "passinho," or "little step," moves to a young audience gathered in the Borel favela, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Nicolas Tanner))