Salvador and Brazilian identity

A view of modern Salvador as seen from Bonfim.

Here's a quote from one of your papers on Sidbury that caught my eye as I was reviewing the Reis book:

Sidbury sees the use of “Africa” and the idea of Africanness in the writings and institutions of black Americans as “rhetorical constructions of the nation ” similar to those that occurred “in Anglo-American political thought”.

Finally, here's the church of Senhor de Bonfim... site of the Islamic/candomble syncretism Reis talks about -- which is on display in this image.