This English language synopsis offers the major themes and debates presented by our interviewee Cleidiana Ramos, a Bahian journalist, activist and anthropologist who coversracial issues, Afro-Brazilian cultures, and religions in her work. We discuss her magazine, Flor de Dendê, which focuses on Afro-Sertanjan culture as we consider the complexities of Brazilian identities with a focus on the connections between African and Indigenous peoples in the country's formation and contemporary life.
