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Sex and the empire that is no more : gender and the politics of metaphor in Oyo Yoruba religion / J. Lorand Matory

An examination of the trans-Atlantic movement of Yoruba religion and the ethnic diversity of Black North America. The research explores the coexistence of various ethnic groups at Howard University and the transnational traditions of Afro-Brazilian Candomblé.

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