Afro-Brazilian religious tradition derived primarily from Yoruba, Fon, and Bantu traditions, featuring initiation into relationships with orixás (divine forces) and possession rituals.
Preserves West African philosophical and cosmological frameworks — particularly the Yoruba concept of axé (vital force, equivalent to Ashe) — in the Brazilian diaspora context, maintaining a counter-hegemonic ontology against colonial Christianity.
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