The sisterhood of Nossa Senhora Da Boa Morte and the brotherhood of Nossa Senhora do Rosario: African-Brazilian cultural adaptations to antebellum restrictions

From: Afro - Hispanic Review | Date: April 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

The slave-ships carried not only men, women and children but also their gods, beliefs and traditional folklore. They maintained a stubborn resistance against their white oppressors who were determined to tear them loose, by force if need be, from their own cultural patterns, and acclimatise them to those of the West (Russell-Wood, 1972 23).

As the slave era evolved, peoples of African descent in the "New World" faced the challenges of desperately attempting to maintain their own cultural integrity whenever possible, while also adapting to the oppressively restrictive environment in which ...

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