Nas tramas do Axé: memória, agência e articulações do Ilé Asé Dajó Ìya Omí Sàbá

This dissertation seeks to understand how Ilé Asé Dajó Ìya Omí Sàbá, a candomblé and jurema terreiro, becomes a reference in Afro-Brazilian religion in Areia Branca-RN. Following the paths taken by this House since Yalorixá Maria Pinheiro (in memorian) to the publication of their work, this research moves between yalorixás, babalorixás, fathers and mothers of saints, orixás, entities, objects, clients, politicians, teachers and researchers. I use the notion of memory and agency to analyze the prominence of this terreiro in relation to its political strategies related to Afro-Brazilian religion... Mehr ...