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Metrópole das mandingasDaniela Buono Calainho

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Metrópole das mandingas

religiosidade negra e inquisição portuguesa no antigo regime

by Daniela Buono Calainho

A Portuguese-language study of Africans and their descendants tried by the Inquisition in Portugal for magical practices in the early modern period. Calainho gives particular attention to the making and trade of bolsas de mandinga in Lisbon and their place in Black religious life.

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