“Some congos and a few angolas” or other Africans of Bahia
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This article discusses the constitution, at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, of an important paradigm for Afro-Brazilian studies. Defined on the basis of the acceptance of a hierarchy among different African groups, the first studies of the Bahian School of Anthropology helped to make West Africans – the Nagô and Malê – much more visible in Afro-Brazilian studies than groups from Central Africa, such as the Angolans and other nations. The article also presents one of the most important places where groups form Central Africa were present in Bahia, viz. the brotherhoods, mainly those dedicated to the worship of Our Lady’s Rosary.
Key words: Africans in Bahia, Afro-Brazilian studies, Angolans in Bahia, brotherhoods.Downloads
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