Clarence Bernard Henry’s book is a culmination of several years of field research on sacred and secular influences of àsé, the West African Yoruba concept that spread to Brazil and throughout the African Diaspora. Àsé is imagined as power and creative energy bestowed upon human beings by ancestral spirits acting as guardians. In Brazil, the West African Yoruba concept of àsé is known as axé and has been reinvented, transmitted, and nurtured in Candomblé, an Afro-Brazilian religion...
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Clarence Bernard Henry is an independent scholar living in Newark, New Jersey. His writing has appeared in the Journal of Caribbean Studies, the Journal of Latin Ame...
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Bahasa Inggris ● Format EPUB ● Halaman 208 ● ISBN 9781628469424 ● Ukuran file 4.4 MB ● Penerbit University Press of Mississippi ● Kota Jackson ● Negara US ● Diterbitkan 2010 ● Diunduh 24 bulan ● Mata uang EUR ● ID 7911910 ● Perlindungan salinan Adobe DRM
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