Surviving in the Land of the Dead: Bantu Religion in the Brazilian Diaspora

This paper seeks to identify elements of Bantu religion that, almost 500 years after the arrival of the first Bantu slaves, remain existent in Brazilian culture, especially in AfroBrazilian religions. For this purpose, I will analyze literature on the cosmology of Bantu peoples in Congo and Angola a...

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Main Author: Holl, Arno Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer International Publishing [2020]
In: International journal of Latin American religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 108-122
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Brazil / Bantu / Religion / Afro-Brazilian cult
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BB Indigenous religions
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KBR Latin America
Further subjects:B Slavery
B Afro-Brazilian religion
B Antropofagia cultural
B Perspectivism
B Palavras chave: religiões de matriz africana
B Palabras clave: religiones de matriz africana
B Perspectivismo
B Cultural Anthropophagy
B Esclavitud
B Antropofagía cultural
B cultura bantú en Brasil
B Cultura banta no Brasil
B Bantu culture in Brazil
B Escravatura
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)