Mama AfricaOften called the most African part of Brazil, the northeastern state of Bahia has the countrys largest Afro descendant population and a black culture renowned for its vibrancy. In Mama Africa, Patricia de Santana Pinho examines the meanings of Africa in Bahian constructions of blackness. Combining insights from anthropology, sociology, and cultural studies, Pinho considers how Afro Bahian cultural groups, known as blocos afro, conceive of Africanness,