Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Silva, Jean Paul D'Antony Costa
2. Assis, Kleyson Rosário
3. Seidel, Roberto Henrique

Description

1. 194 pages : chiefly color illustrations; 27 cm

Summary

1. Deoscoredes Maximiliano Dos Santos--Mestre Didi: o reverberar ancestral africano-brasileiro conta do mestre nascido em 02/12/1917 em Salvador, filho de alfaiate e mãe de santo, descendente da linhagem real Axipá, uma das cinco famílias fundadoras do reino de Ketu, importante cidade do Império Yorubá, hoje Nigéria, no continente africano. Uma leitura biográfica cheia de detalhes e expressões vivas das pessoas que conheceram e conviveram com o mestre das artes e do saber da cultura africano-brasileira na Bahia.
2. The book is dedicated to the life and work of the well-known sculptor born on December of 1917 in Salvador. The son of Arsenio dos Santos, a tailor and of Maria Bibiana do Espíritu Santo, also known as Mãe Senhora, an iyalorixá (chief priestess in the Brazilian Candomblé religion) of the Ilê Axé Opô Afonjá (Spiritual House), descendant of the royal line Axipá, one of the five founding families of the kingdom of Ketu, an important city of the Yoruba Empire, today Nigeria, on the African continent. A biographical reading full of details and living expressions of the people who met and lived with the writer, priest and scholar of Afro-Brazilian religiosity, as well as a consecrated sculptor inside and outside the Brazil, Deoscóredes Maximiliano Dos Santos, a master of the arts and knowledge of African-Brazilian culture in Bahia.

Alternative title

1. Mestre Didi : o reverberar ancestral africano-brasileiro

Subject

1. Santos, Deoscoredes Maximiliano dos
2. Religious leaders > Brazil > Bahia (State) > Biography
3. Sculptors > Brazil > Bahia (State) > Biography
4. Black people > Brazil > Bahia (State) > Biography
5. Afro-Brazilian cults > Brazil > Bahia (State)
6. Chefs religieux > Brésil > Bahia (État) > Biographies
7. Sculpteurs > Brésil > Bahia (État) > Biographies
8. Noirs > Brésil > Bahia (État) > Biographies
9. Cultes afro-brésiliens > Brésil > Bahia (État)
10. Afro-Brazilian cults
11. Black people
12. Civilization > African influences
13. Religious leaders
14. Sculptors
15. Brazil > Civilization > African influences
16. Brazil
17. Brazil > Bahia (State)

Genre/Form

1. Biography
2. Biographies.

Contents

1. Prefácio: Mestre Didi, de saudosa memoria / José Félix dos Santos -- Entorno do Mestre Didi -- Palavras tecidas: o Mestre Didi em testemunhos -- O enredo de um mestre: biografia -- homenagens e condecorações -- homenagens póstumos Notas reveladas: o Mestre Didi e suas memórias.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.