Santeria: The Definitive Guide to Cuban Santeria, Orishas, Yoruba History and the Rules for Becoming Iyawò

Santeria: The Definitive Guide to Cuban Santeria, Orishas, Yoruba History and the Rules for Becoming IyawòWant to know the secrets of Cuban santeria? Do you want to cultivate your spiritual energy? Do you want to discover which is your Orisha? Hundreds of years ago, the Yoruba people of Nigeria and West Africa were brought to America as slaves. Fortunately, they were able to preserve their heritage and ancestral spirits by disguising their deities as Catholic saints. What makes Santeria so unique is the fact that it is a syncretic religion it combines the

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Becoming Black tells the story of enslaved and free people of color who used the law to claim freedom and citizenship for themselves and their loved ones

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and borders as understood through the United States' “immigration crisis”In this powerful and deeply felt memoir of translation

His analysis is based on his many years of engagement with a group of Afro-Colombian activists of Colombia’s Pacific rainforest region

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have complex attitudes toward blackness—as a way of identifying themselves and as a racial and cultural category

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