Livio Sansone (Palermo, 1956) Livio Sansone (Palermo, 1956) obtained his PhD in anthropology at the University of Amsterdam and from 1996 to 2002 was Academic Vice-Director of the Center for Afro-Asian Studies of the Candido Mendes University in Rio de Janeiro. He also lectured on ethnic studies, globalization and urban anthropology at the State University of Rio de Janeiro. He has published widely on race relations and black cultures in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Suriname and Brazil. His present research is on race relations and Afro-Brazilians in the Military Police of the State of Rio de Janeiro. From May 2003 to the present, he is a professor of anthropology at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil where he directs The Factory of Ideas Project, which consists of an advanced course in ethnic and racial studies, and an international South-South network in the themes of diversity and difference. More Bios: Marinieves Alba | Ang 13 | Shaheen Ariefidien | James Bernard | Toni Blackman | Triple Blak | Jeff Chang | Kevin Coval | Jonzi D | Mos Def | Martha Diaz | Jessica Green | James "Casper" Jankowiak | Talib Kweli | Bakari Kitwana | M1 | Boogie McClarin | Ivor Miller | Marcyliena Morgan | David Muhammad | Yunus Rafiq | Dr. Raquel Z. Rivera | Livio Sansone | Clyde Valentine | Zephyr