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The history and structure of Candomblé in Brazil, why the nations matter, the great Bahian terreiros and the women who led them, the regional variants, Umbanda as a distinct formation, and the current situation under evangelical pressure.

An analysis of Candomblé Ketu in Bahia, covering its nineteenth-century origins, institutional kinship structures, ritual practices, divergence from West African prototypes, and historiographical debates.