Mais que um espaço religioso: afroempreendedorismo e reciprocidades de um candomblé Angola

Abstract

This is an ethnographic work about the Angurusena Dya Nzambi, a terreiro de Candomblé of Nação Angola located in the city of São Francisco do Conde. The terreiro has approximately 50 years of history and, in addition to its rich religious tradition, it has a wide spectrum of social and entrepreneurial activities in its region and, on an itinerant basis, in the Recôncavo Baiano. The ethnography focused on the general characterization of the temple and following of its traveling store at fairs in three cities in the Recôncavo Baiano region. This work takes place on discussions and reflections on traditional cultures, Afro-entrepreneurship and the nature of Afro-Brazilian and Candomblé economic activities. It was found that the Terreiro Angurusena Dya Nzambi is an innovative economic subject, well adapted to the present, producer and distributor of wealth for the local black population. Discussions of the data, in perspective, point to the existence of a scalable phenomenon of fortuitous reciprocity circuits among Afro-Brazilians, which are mediated by transversal and agglutinative initiatives of terreiros de Candomblé.