Banca de DEFESA: CARLOS VINICIUS DA SILVA MENDES
Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.STUDENT : CARLOS VINICIUS DA SILVA MENDES
DATE: 17/12/2025
TIME: 14:30
LOCAL: Sociologia
TITLE:
Diakanga Kalunga: Code, Overflow, and Tradition in Candomblé Angola of Bahia
KEY WORDS:
Candomblé Angola; Afrocentricity; Codification; Overflow; Nganga.
PAGES: 110
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Sociologia
SUMMARY:
This work delves into the ontology and black sociabilities of Candomblé Angola in the Brazilian diaspora, based on the experience and codes of a community linked to the Tumba Junsara Family. Our central thesis asserts that codification (kangar) and overflow (transbordo) are the living elements that propel and maintain the Central African tradition in continuous motion. Codification is defined as the act of organizing knowledge, while transbordo is the community's capacity to accommodate new experiences without losing its ancestral essence. The research is fundamentally grounded in the Sociology of Race Relations and Afrocentricity, staunchly rejecting Eurocentric lenses for understanding the world. We employ autoethnography, participant observation, and dialogues with the elders as core methodological tools. The critical analysis of the code occurs on multiple fronts: in the history of milonga (cultural mixture), in the resistance against religious racism and Nagocentrism, and in the return to Bantu philosophies of Fu-Kiau. We argue that Candomblé is a verb in action, effectively overcoming the imprisonment of tradition as a mere inert noun. Finally, we unveil the role of the Nganga (specialist) as an agent of recodification across three case studies, involving the Jinkisi Nzila, Nkosi, and Tempo. These cases demonstrate how the terreiros (worship spaces) are territories of Black sociability, where the ethic of elder seniority (Telama Lwimbanganga) allows the Angoleiro Ontology to assert and reorganize itself, guaranteeing its continuity in the face of colonial’s enduring influence.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externo à Instituição - BASILELE MALOMALO - UNILAB
Presidente - 1276976 - JOAZE BERNARDINO COSTA
Interna - 2079994 - TANIA MARA CAMPOS DE ALMEIDA
Externo ao Programa - 2290568 - WANDERSON FLOR DO NASCIMENTO - null