"Here it's like in my country" Livelihoods of Senegalese street venders in Salvador
Senegalese Immigrants; Street venders; inforam sector; religious association; Salvador
The main goal of this thesis is to analyze the experience of senegalese workers in Salvador/Bahia. Through a qualitative research, it was carried out a participant observation in some points of sale and semi-structured interviews with Senegalese merchants, members of the dahira Mafatihoul Bichiri’s association. Therefore, it was investigated the motivations and perspectives for choosing Salvador as a place to live and work at the street commerce, from central to coastal neighborhoods, as well as a place to experience religion and its influence on the construction of collective strategies of solidarity.