African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Describes and analyzes the social/historical contexts and contemporary musical practices of Afro-Brazilian religion, selected Carnival traditions, Bahia’s black cultural renaissance, the traditions of rural migrants, and currents in new popular music.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Prev. ed. published: Rio de Janeiro: EdUERJ, 1996, 268 p., Contents: 1. A matriz africana no mundo -- 2. Cultura em movimento : matrizes africanas e ativismo negro no Brasil -- 3. Guerreiras de natureza : mulher negra, religiosidade e ambiente -- 4. Afrocentricidade : uma abordagem epistemológica inovadora.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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., 335 p., Contains the theoretical basis for understanding African spirituality organized in biblical format, sacred texts, philosophical and historical African tradition. In the first part the author focuses on the traditions and knowledge of the ancient African regions of Congo, Uângara, Takrur and Senegambia, Ethiopia and Zambezia. The second part of the book covers Brazil, the Caribbean, Suriname and the United States.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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259 p, Reúne textos e ilustrações que propõem-se a comentar e mostrar certos aspectos do culto aos orixás em seus lugares de origem, na Africa (Nigéria, Angolo e Togo) e no novo mundo (Brasil e Antilhas), para onde foram levados, em séculos passados, pelos escravos.;
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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92 p, V. F. A. C. apresenta o perfil e a trajetória de vida de3 uma das mais importantes lideranças do candomblé --reconhecida internacionalmente--, estabelecida na Bahia. Inclui entrevista e vocabulário.;
Dantas,Beatriz Góis (Author) and Berg,Stephen (Translator)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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198 p., Compares the formation of religious traditions and ethnic identities in the Brazilian states of Sergipe and Bahia, revealing how they diverged from each other due to their different social and political contexts and needs.
