Black Atlantic religion tradition, transnationalism, and matriarchy in the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé

Candomblé is an Afro-Brazilian religion with major counterparts in Nigeria, Benin, Haiti, Cuba, Trinidad and the US, utilising sacrifical rituals and spirit possession to persuade the gods to empower and defend their followers.

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1. Verfasser: Matory, James L. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, NJ [u.a.] Princeton Univ. Press 2005
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Zusammenfassung:Candomblé is an Afro-Brazilian religion with major counterparts in Nigeria, Benin, Haiti, Cuba, Trinidad and the US, utilising sacrifical rituals and spirit possession to persuade the gods to empower and defend their followers.
Beschreibung:VIII, 383 S. Ill.
ISBN:0691059438
0691059446