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2. Art africain et syncrétisme religieux au Brésil
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Munanga,Kabengele (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Language:
- French; Resumé in Portuguese
- Publication Date:
- 1989
- Published:
- São Paulo, Brasil: Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia Universidade de São Paulo
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Dédalo
- Journal Title Details:
- no. 27 : 99-128
- Notes:
- Uprooted Africans brought as slaves to Brazil carried with them a collective memory, including elements of their religion and medicine. The Yoruba orisha and the Christian saints have been thoroughly assimilated; sculptures made in Brazil in the first half of the twentieth century still show clearly the survival of the Yoruba influence combined with Christian iconography. Examples of Shango wands, twin figures (ibeji) and representations of Eshu confirm this conclusion.