Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-198) and index.
Introduction: Afro-Bahia, 1790s-1990s / Hendrik Kraay -- The politics of race in independence-era Bahia: the black militia officers of Salvador, 1790-1840 / Hendrik Kraay -- "So much superstition among these people!": Candomblé and the dilemmas of Afro-Bahian intellectuals, 1864-1871 / Dale T. Graden -- The expansion of Afro-Bahian religious practices in nineteenth-century Cachoeira / Fayette Wimberly -- Afro-Brazilians, land reform, and the question of social mobility in Southern Bahia, 1880-1920 / Mary Ann Mahony -- A mixed-race nation: Afro-Brazilians and cultural policy in Bahia, 1970-1990 / Jocélio Teles dos Santos -- Between affliction and politics: a case study of Bahian Candomblé / Michel Agier -- Afterword: Ginga Baiana, the politics of race, class, culture, and power in Salvador, Bahia / Kim D. Butler