THE EMBASSY OF DAOMÉ IN SALVADOR (1750): DIPLOMATIC PROTOCOLS AND THE POLITICAL AFFIRMATION OF A STATE IN EXPANSION IN WEST AFRICA

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  • José Rivair Macedo Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/2448-3923.86065

Keywords:

Brazil/Africa Relations, Diplomatic Protocols, Kingdom of Dahomey

Abstract

This article presents an interpretation of the booklet Relaçam da embayxada que o poderoso Rey de Angome Kiay Chiri Brocon, senhor dos dilatadíssimos sertões de Guiné mandou ao illustrissimo e excellentíssimo Senhor D. Luiz Peregrino de Ataíde, conde de Atouguia... written in 1751. The context of its composition, relations between Portugal, Brazil, and the kingdom of Dahomey are studied, and two questions develop from what the document portrays: 1) the identity of the ambassador of Dahomey; 2) the meaning of some protocol gestures of the ambassador Dahomean in the court of the viceroy of Portugal.

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Author Biography

José Rivair Macedo, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

History departament, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brasil.

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Published

2019-03-21

How to Cite

Macedo, J. R. (2019). THE EMBASSY OF DAOMÉ IN SALVADOR (1750): DIPLOMATIC PROTOCOLS AND THE POLITICAL AFFIRMATION OF A STATE IN EXPANSION IN WEST AFRICA. Brazilian Journal of African Studies, 3(6). https://doi.org/10.22456/2448-3923.86065

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Vol. 3 No. 6 (2018): Brazilian Journal of African Studies

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