Afro-Politics and Civil Society in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

“Details the slow rise of Afro-Brazilian political organization in Salvador, the majority-black capital of Brazil’s Bahia state, and sets it within such change in Brazil and the African diaspora. . . . Contributes to comparative studies of the rise of black consciousness. . . . Recommended.”—Choice

 

“Synthesizes the great complexity of the history of what has been called ‘the Brazilian black movement’ with a special focus on the most visible location of blackness in that country: Salvador and the state of Bahia.”—Latin American Research Review

 

“Of great interest to scholars and students of the African diaspora and Brazilian politics.”—The Americas

 

“Without a doubt, this book is an important contribution to the emerging literature on the black public sphere, and black politics vis-à-vis racialized civil society in the African diaspora. . . . [This book] stands out as an engaging and serious attempt to recognize and understand the roadblocks blacks face in their (our) attempt to hold a civic existence.”—National Political Science Review