Well it’s my sixth week in Brazil & I haven’t been robbed … yet, if you exclude the guy who tried to charge me R$3 for a post card (£1 – a card costs about 30p). I’m on the beach in Salvador, the Black capital of Brazil. Most of the slaves landed here and as you know, Brazil was the last major country to make slavery illegal (1850).
Traditionally then the city has a strong African heritage, though the fact Bob Marley ( a Jamaican) is their icon, illustrates the failure of black Brazil to sit at the table
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