Indian Mirror: The Making of the Brazilian Soul

As the Missionaries have already been sufficiently honoured and have enjoyed all the chances to tell their side of the story. I would like to say a few words on behalf of the Indians. – From the letters written by the Priests of the Society of Jesus in the sixteenth century, describing how they saw the early inhabitants of Brazil, Dr Gambini builds an in-depth analysis of the making of the Brazilian soul. He discusses the projection of the Christian ‘shadow’ on the early Brazilian Natives and the resulting destruction of the Indian ‘soul’.