Nagô Grandma and White Papa: Candomblé and the creation of Afro-Brazilian identity

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Dantas,Beatriz Góis (Author) and Berg,Stephen (Translator)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2009
    WorldCat URL:
    http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/9780807859759
    Published:
    Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    ISBN:
    9780807831779; 9780807859759
    Subject Term:
    Blacks, Brazil, Religion, Bahia (Brazil), Yoruba (African people), South America, ethnic identity, Folklore, Afro-Brazilian, Candomblé (Religion), and Sergipe (Brazil)
    Notes:
    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.

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