Ogun in the Black Atlantic: Family History and Cross-Cultural Religious Exchange in Bahia, c. 1813–1970
Afro-Brazilian religions play a vital role in the history of northeastern Brazil, home to an enormous Black population. An especially wellknown case is Candomblé, which arose in the state of Bahia, where a number of large temples dating back to the time of the slave trade have long attracted scholar...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 198-227 |
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| Summary: | Afro-Brazilian religions play a vital role in the history of northeastern Brazil, home to an enormous Black population. An especially wellknown case is Candomblé, which arose in the state of Bahia, where a number of large temples dating back to the time of the slave trade have long attracted scholarly attention. Less well-known, however, is the parallel existence of shrines belonging to individual families. One, dedicated to Ogun, in the city of Salvador, recently gained government recognition as a site of memory. According to oral tradition, it was created by a freed African couple on the farm where they lived and worked. Drawing on oral traditions, ethnographic data, and archival sources, this article reconstructs the family’s history over the course of nearly two centuries, tracing the presence of cross-cultural exchanges over time, initially from Dahomean and Hausa religion and more recently from Yoruba and Catholic cosmologies. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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