Year: 1996
Type: article
Abstract: In this book, Silva provides a case study the life and ideas the self-styled Dom Oba II d'Africa, Prince the People and street character. Although to his social superiors, Dom Oba II d'Africa was no more than a half-crazed man whom the Brazilian emperor, Dom Pedro II was misguided enough to receive at the palace, to Rio's slaves and people he was revered as Prince the People. Many paid him tithe as if he were a true African sovereign; they went down on their knees at his solemn passage; they met in bars to read aloud the articles which he published both in the popular press and in the quality journals the day. Through this extraordinary figure, Silva finds an opportunity to explore popular ideas about the overthrow slavery. He examines what the slaves and free people of colour thought about liberty, race relations, civic rights and duties.
Authors: Donald S. Castro, Eduardo Silva, Moyra Ashford
Institution: California State University, Fullerton
Language: English
Topic: History of Colonial Brazil
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2048927006