Author: Albino Gonçalves Fernandes
Alternate names: Gonçalves Fernandes
Born: 1909
Died: 1986
Bio: Albino Gonçalves Fernandes, better known as Gonçalves Fernandes[1] (Recife, 1909-1986), in 1937 graduated in Medicine from the University of Pernambuco, was a psychiatrist, anthropologist, folklorist and writer specialized in superstitions and popular religiosity. He was a professor at the Recife School of Medical Sciences, the Recife School of Law, and the University of Brazil. He was director of the Fundação Joaquim Nabuco.

Pernambuco's anthropology related to Afro-Brazilian religions was built by names like Ulysses Pernambucano (1932), Gilberto Freyre (1998), Gonçalves Fernandes (1937), Vicente Lima (1937), René Ribeiro (1952), Roberto Motta (1977 - 1978), and, Maria do Carmo Brandão (1986).

Books:

**1** - Xangôs do Nordeste: investigações sobre os cultos negro-fetichistas do Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Civilização Brasileira, 1937.
**2** - O folclore mágico do Nordeste, 1938.
**3** - As religiões no Brasil, 1939.
**4** - Seitas afro-brasileiras, 1940.
**5** - O Sincretismo Religioso no Brasil, São Paulo, Guairá, 1941.