ABSTRACT
The essays in this book constitute an analytic survey of the last two centuries of Afro-Bahian history, with a focus squarely on the difficult relationship between Afro- and Euro-Bahia and on the continual Afro-Bahian struggle to create a meaningful culture in an environment either hostile or suffocating in its ability to absorb elements of Afro-Bahian culture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|27 pages
The Politics of Race in Independence-Era Bahia
The Black Militia Officers of Salvador, 1790–1840
chapter 3|17 pages
“So Much Superstition Among These People!”
Candomblé and the Dilemmas of Afro-Bahian Intellectuals, 1864–1871
chapter 8|18 pages
Afterword
Ginga Baiana—The Politics of Race, Class, Culture, and Power in Salvador, Bahia
