Library - Candomblé

Ecstatic Encounters: Bahian Candomblé and the Quest for the Really Real – Mattijs van de Port

For over a hundred years, writers, artists, anthropologists and tourists have travelled to Bahia, Brazil, in search of the spirit possession cult called Candomblé. Thus, successive generations of cultists have seen a

9 July 2019

by Valentin

Secrets, Gossip, and Gods: The Transformation of Brazilian Candomblé – Paul Christopher Johnson

In this wide-ranging book Paul Christopher Johnson explores the changing, hidden face of the Afro-Brazilian indigenous religion of Candomblé. Despite its importance in Brazilian society, Candomblé has received far less attention than its sister religions Vodou and Santeria. Johnson seeks

24 July 2019

by Valentin

Sorcery in the Black Atlantic – Luis Nicolau Pares, Roger Sansi

Most scholarship on sorcery and witchcraft has narrowly focused on specific times and places, particularly early

Nago Grandma and White Papa: Candomble and the Creation of Afro-Brazilian Identity – Beatriz Gois Dantas

Nago Grandma and White Papa is a signal work in Brazilian anthropology and African diaspora studies

Searching for Africa in Brazil: Power and Tradition in Candomblé – Stefania Capone Laffitte

Searching for Africa in Brazil is a learned exploration of tradition and change in Afro-Brazilian religions. Focusing on the convergence of anthropologists’ and religious leaders’ exegeses, Stefania Capone argues that twentieth-century anthropological

27 August 2019

Library - Candomblé

Library - Candomblé

Ecstatic Encounters: Bahian Candomblé and the Quest for the Really Real – Mattijs van de Port

Secrets, Gossip, and Gods: The Transformation of Brazilian Candomblé – Paul Christopher Johnson

Sorcery in the Black Atlantic – Luis Nicolau Pares, Roger Sansi

Nago Grandma and White Papa: Candomble and the Creation of Afro-Brazilian Identity – Beatriz Gois Dantas

Searching for Africa in Brazil: Power and Tradition in Candomblé – Stefania Capone Laffitte

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