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Manipulating the Sacred: Yoruba Art, Ritual, and Resistance in Brazilian Candomble (African American Life Series)

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amazing book.
i am so happy to have found a great book on candomble. it is hard to find information in candomble in english due to the language barrier.
i adored everything, it goes beyond candomble, the author even writes about other minor afro-brazilian traditions.
i hope that the author writes another book on this great subject.

Most of the books on Candomblé are written in Portuguese. This is an informative book for those wanting to understand the Candomblé tradition in Brazil. This book gives a lot of details and insight into the practices and procedures of the Candomblé Terreiros, which up until a few years ago has always been very private. There is a website that seeks to give an understanding this tradition to the American public: www.orixas.org. Big thanks to the author for writing this book. A `must have' book for the serious seeker.

i was very happy with the quality of this product as well as with the timely manner in which it arrived.