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Artigos Originais • Rev. bras. Ci. Soc. 32 (95) • 2017 • https://doi.org/10.17666/329514/2017   copy

KIMBUNDU MYTHICAL-RELIGIOUS UNIVERSE AND CULTURAL TRANSITIONS IN UANHENGA XITU

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This article aims to make a discussion of Kimbundu mythical-religious universe (especially the expert of nature and the priests), from the late nineteenth to midtwentieth century. I will make this discussion through the analysis of the work Voices in sanzala: Kahitu by the Angolan writer Wanyenga Xitu (Uanhenga Xitu in Portuguese) that is understood as a social memory of AkwaKimbundu, thus seeking to discuss the processes of mixtures, miscegenation and belongings.

Keywords:
Kimbundu; Mythical-religious universe; Uanhenga Xitu; Memory; Literature

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