The Development of Yoruba Candomble Communities in Salvador, Bahia, 1835–1986 [electronic resource] /
Alonso, Miguel C.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
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
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Ethnography.
Religion and sociology.
Ethnology-Africa.
Religion.
Anthropology.
Social history.
Ethnography.
Sociology of Religion.
African Culture.
Religious Studies, general.
Anthropology.
Social History.