The development of Yoruba Candomble communities in Salvador, Bahia, 1835-1986

The development of Yoruba Candomble communities in Salvador, Bahia, 1835-1986 / Miguel C. Alonso.

This project is an attempt to bring together the many fragments of history concerning the Yoruba religious community and their rise to prominence in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, from the mid-nineteenth to the late-twentieth centuries.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alonso, Miguel C. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Series:Afro-Latin@ diasporas.
Subjects:
Candomblae (Religion) > Brazil > Salvador > History.
Yoruba (African people) > Brazil > Salvador > History.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Yoruba (African people)
Salvador (Brazil) > Religious life and customs.
Brazil > Salvador
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction How the Yoruba Became Nagô; Chapter 1 The African Nations of Salvador; Chapter 2 The Dispersal of the Yoruba People; Chapter 3 The Institutionalization of Yoruba Female Power in Nagô Candomble; Chapter 4 Self-Defense Strategies in Bahian Candomble in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Chapter 5 The Reassertion of Male Participation in the Candomble Priesthood; Chapter 6 The Popularization of Candomble in the Mid- to Late Twentieth Century; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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