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Black Atlantic Religion

Tradition, Transnationalism, and Matriarchy in the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé

by J. Lorand Matory

A historical anthropology of Candomblé that follows the traffic of people, goods and ideas between Brazil and West Africa. Matory argues that the 'pure' Nagô tradition and its female leadership were shaped by transatlantic dialogue as well as by memory.

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