BRAZIL LOOKS TO AFRICA: LUSOTROPICALISM IN THE BRAZILIAN FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS AFRICA

Authors

  • Fernando Sousa Leite Rio Branco Institute

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/2448-3923.82242

Keywords:

Brazilian foreign policy towards Africa, lusotropicalism, “pernambucanidade”

Abstract

This article aims to present the Brazilian foreign policy towards Africa, developed in the 1960s and conceived by Janio Quadros and João Goulart, but effectively implemented by Mario Gibson Barboza, during the Brazilian military regime, as being directly influenced by the thought of Gilberto Freyre, especially by the idea of “lusotropicalism”. Furthermore, it analyzes the presence of the so-called “pernambucanidade” in the undertaking of the South Atlantic as a dimension of the Brazilian foreign policy

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Author Biography

Fernando Sousa Leite, Rio Branco Institute

Rio Branco Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brasília, Brazil.

Published

2018-08-17

How to Cite

Leite, F. S. (2018). BRAZIL LOOKS TO AFRICA: LUSOTROPICALISM IN THE BRAZILIAN FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS AFRICA. Brazilian Journal of African Studies, 3(5). https://doi.org/10.22456/2448-3923.82242