Os Africanos no Brasil

Os Africanos no Brasil (in English: The Africans in Brazil) is a book of the Brazilian physician and anthropologist Nina Rodrigues, published posthumously in 1932, but written between 1890 and 1905. The author, a leading figure in racial theories at the time, explains Brazil's underdevelopment as a consequence of the predominance of black labor. This theory, long accepted as truth, served as the basis for the Brazilian government to further encourage the immigration of White Europeans.

The pioneering essays contained within are dedicated to describing and analyzing various elements, including biological, medical, and criminal aspects, but above all, the social and cultural aspects of the populations descended from slaves in Brazil. The book is divided into nine chapters:

1 - African Origins of Black Brazilians

2 - Black Muslims in Brazil

3 - Black Uprisings in Brazil Before the 19th Century - Palmares.

4 - The Last Africans: Black Nations That Fade Away

5 - African Survivals - Languages and Fine Arts among Black Colonists

6 - Totemic Survivals: Popular Festivals and Folklore

7 - Religious Survivals

8 - Social Value of the Black Races and Peoples that Colonized Brazil and Their Descendants

9 - Psychic Survival in Black Criminality in Brazil