In Making Modern Girls, Abosede A. George examines the influence of African social
reformers and the developmentalist colonial state on the practice and ideology of girlhood …

The public memory of slavery and the Atlantic slave trade, which some years ago could be
observed especially in North America, has slowly emerged into a transnational …

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Since its original publication in Portuguese in 2008, this first English translation of Divining
Slavery has been extensively revised and updated, complete with new primary sources and …

This paper examines Brazil's century return to Africa movement from both qualitative and
quantitative perspectives, identifying three main stages. The largest single wave of voyages …

According to Afro-Brazilian oral tradition, the Casa Branca terreiro, one of the oldest in
Bahia, was founded after a voyage to Africa undertaken by two early priestesses, African …

Since 1824, Bahians have marked independence with a popular festival that contrasts
sharply with the official commemoration of Brazil's independence on 7 September. The Dois …

The literature on freed Africans who returned from Brazil to West Africa in the nineteenth
century has emphasized the centrality of Catholicism in Aguda identity, treating Islam as a …

Palm oil extracted from the African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) is the world's most
produced vegetable oil, commanding a roughly 50 billion dollar global industry. In contrast …

Este texto conta histórias de africanos libertos que viajaram, entre as décadas de 1860 e
1880, diversas vezes entre as cidades de Salvador e do Rio de Janeiro. Busca explorar …