Afolabi, Niyi, <br/><br/>
Relocating the sacred :  African divinities and Brazilian cultural hybridities / 
Niyi Afolabi. 
 - Albany :  State University of New York Press,  (c)2022. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 356 pages). 
 - SUNY series, Afro-Latinx futures .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Bahia: Yoruba Diasporic Domain of Activating the Sacred --  Pierre Verger and Yoruba Ritual Altars in Brazil --  Matriarchs of Candomblé: Mãe Stella de Oxóssi, Mãe Beata de Yemonjá, and Mãe Valnizia Bianch --  Jorge Amado and Vasconcelos Maia: The Sea/River as Iemojá/Oxum's Domain --  Abdias Nascimento and Nelson Rodrigues: The Fallen Angel as Betrayal of Blackness --  Zora Seljan and Alfredo Dias Gomes: Sacred Feminine Solidarities and Sango's Revenge --  Raul Longo and Robson Pinheiro: Afro-Brazilian Deities in Literary Rituals --  Cléo Martins and Chynae: Oiá and Oxossi in Invocations and Encounters --  Filhos de Gandhi and Cortejo Afro: Candomblé in the Carnivalesque Frame --  Give Us This Day Our Daily Acarajé. 
<br/><br/> "Maps manifestations of the sacred and religious syncretism in Afro-Brazilian cultural forms"--  "By embracing African deities as a source of creative inspiration and resistance, Afro-Brazilians have appropriated syncretism as a means of not only popularizing African culture but also decolonizing themselves from the past shame of slavery. This book maps the role of African heritage in--and relocation of the sacred to--three sites of Brazilian cultural production: ritual altars, literature, and carnival culture."-- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781438490731 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Yoruba (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.--Brazil<br/>Syncretism (Religion)--Brazil.<br/>Democracy--Brazil.<br/>Racism--Brazil.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL2590  / .R456 2022