Iemanjá is the name of one of the most important Afro-Brazilian goddesses, in honor of whom and in celebration of the abolishment of slavery a local festivity is held in Santo Amaro each year. Thomas Meinecke, who travelled to Brazil in 2010 to research Afro-American religions in the footsteps of German pop literature writer Hubert Fichte and photographer Leonore Mau, took part in this festivity. He wrote about this foray in his novel »Lookalikes« (Suhrkamp 2011), during which he was accompanied by his wife, the artist Michaela Melián, who captured the colorful ritual in 170 photographs.
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IEMANJÁ

Leipzig October, 2013
ISBN: 9783944669250
Edition Number: 1
Width: 13.5 cm
Length: 20 cm
Language(s): German
Designer
Christian Lange
Author
Thomas Meinecke, Michaela Melián







IEMANJÁ
Thomas Meinecke/Michaela Melián

196 pp.
with numerous colour illustrations
thread-sewn hardcover, cloth bound
Leipzig October, 2013
ISBN: 9783944669250
Edition Number: 1
Width: 13.5 cm
Length: 20 cm
Language(s): German
Designer
Christian Lange
Author
Thomas Meinecke, Michaela Melián







