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Hotel Tropico : Brazil and the challenge of African decolonization, 1950-1980 / Jerry Davila.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dávila, Jerry, 1970-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brazil--Foreign relations--Africa.
- Brazil.
- Africa--Foreign relations--Brazil.
- Africa.
- Brazil--Relations--Africa.
- Africa--Relations--Brazil.
- Africa, Portuguese-speaking--History--20th century.
- Africa, Portuguese-speaking.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (327 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The attempts by Brazilian diplomats and intellectuals to establish ties with Africa during and after decolonization reveal the contradictions in Brazil s idea of itself as a racial democracy.
- Contents:
- Brazil in the Lusotropical world
- Africa and the independent foreign policy
- "The lovers of the African race" : Brazilian diplomats in Nigeria
- War in Angola, crisis in Brazil
- Latinite or fraternite? Senegal, Portugal and the Brazilian military regime
- Gibson Barboza's trip: "Brazil [re]discovers Africa"
- Brazil and the Portuguese revolution
- Brazil's special representation in Angola, 1975
- Miracle for sale: marketing Brazil in Nigeria.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613036896
- 9781283036894
- 1283036894
- 9780822393443
- 0822393441
- OCLC:
- 662619221
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