Hotel Trópico: Brazil and the Challenge of African Decolonization, 1950-1980

by Jerry Dávila and Dina Nayeri

In the wake of African decolonization, Brazil attempted to forge connections with newly independent countries. In the early 1960s it launched an effort to establish diplomatic ties with Africa; in the 1970s it undertook trade campaigns to open African markets to Brazilian technology. Hotel Tr pico reveals the perceptions, particularly regarding race, of the diplomats and intellectuals who traveled to Africa on Brazil's behalf. Jerry D vila...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822348551
• ISBN13: 9780822348559
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"