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Clarence Bernard Henry's book is a culmination of several years of field research on sacred and secular influences of àsé, the West African Yoruba concept that spread to Brazil and throughout the African Diaspora. Àsé is imagined as power and creative energy bestowed upon human beings by ancestral spirits acting as guardians. In Brazil, the West African Yoruba concept of àsé is known as axé and has been reinvented, transmitted, and nurtured in Candomblé, an Afro-Brazilian religion that is practiced in Salvador, Bahia. The author examines how the concepts of axé and Candomblé religion have been

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Candomblé music --- Capoeira (Dance) --- Folk dance music --- Folk music --- Samba (Dance) --- Dance --- Ethnic music --- Traditional music --- Folklore --- Music --- National dances --- Dance music --- Folk dancing, Brazilian --- Martial arts --- Sacred music --- History and criticism --- Recreation. Games. Sports. Corp. expression --- musical instruments --- music [performing arts] --- dances [performance events] --- Brazil --- Latin America --- 78.36 --- music [performing arts genre]