In Spiritual Citizenship N. Fadeke Castor employs the titular concept to illuminate how
Ifá/Orisha practices informed by Yoruba cosmology shape local, national, and transnational …

Este ensayo describe como en la Cuba contemporánea, la religión llamada Santería, ha
sido constituida como resultado de la interacción de multiples conceptos, como una práctica …

The political sponsorship of the Orisha religion by Trinidad's first Indian Prime Minister,
Basdeo Panday (1995–2001), reveals the dynamics and tensions between black cultural …

John Hollander relates a contemporary story that might serve as an appropriate introduction
to the ranges of meanings conveyed by the terms archaic and indigenous. 1 He tells us that …

This dissertation examines the music and rituals of a particular site within the Afro-Atlantic
diaspora, a single house hosting the traditions of an Afro-Cuban culture group called Iyesá …

Studies of the transfer and development of Yoruba religious practices in the Americas have
tended to focus on Candomble in Brazil and Santeria in Cuba. This essay examines the …

This essay explores the politics of the heritage industry in Barbados and the ongoing role
heritage practices play in the lives of community members. I examine the Barbadian tradition …

Sometime in the past twenty years, a videotape of a black North American Pentecostal
preacher was shown to a number of Candombles in Bahia, Brazil.(I am unable to recall the …

Abstract “Asho Orisha” suggests that the objects surrounding and the items clothing the
Orisha of Santería (also known as Lucumi or Orisha religion) form chains of signifiers tied to …

Vodou Divine Transpositions: Recent Scholarship on Vodou and Santería Religious Art by
Deborah Wyrick North Carolina State University Copyright © 1999 by Deborah Wyrick, all …