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Santeria from Africa to the New World

The Dead Sell Memories

by George Brandon

A historical study of how Yoruba religion was transformed into Santería in Cuba and then carried to the United States. Brandon analyses the processes of change, memory and adaptation that shaped the religion across three settings.

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