Afro-Latin@ Diasporas
© 2014
The Development of Yoruba Candomble Communities in Salvador, Bahia, 1835-1986
Authors: Alonso, M., Smith, Norman K
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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Miguel Alonso is Chair of the Department of History, Political Science, and Geography at Nassau Community College, USA.
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Introduction How the Yoruba Became Nagô
Pages 1-13
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The African Nations of Salvador
Pages 15-32
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The Dispersal of the Yoruba People
Pages 33-48
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The Institutionalization of Yoruba Female Power in Nagô Candomble
Pages 49-72
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Self-Defense Strategies in Bahian Candomble in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Pages 73-102
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Development of Yoruba Candomble Communities in Salvador, Bahia, 1835-1986
- Authors
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- M. Alonso
- Norman K Smith
- Series Title
- Afro-Latin@ Diasporas
- Copyright
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-48643-1
- DOI
- 10.1057/9781137486431
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-137-48538-0
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 200
- Topics
