Word, Shout, Song: Bahia

Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution
August 4, 2010
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Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Mãe Menininha (front center) and her Candomblé priestesses at the Ilé Axé Yá Masse temple, Salvador, Bahia, 1940-41. Mãe Menininha, who was a highly respected Candomblé leader in Bahia, was one of Turner’s main informants.