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November 12, 2025Feminist AnthropologyOpen Access

Cheia de axé (full of axé): Spirituality, resistance, and repair in Pernambuco's Afro‐Brazilian traditional communities

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SBShelly Annette Biesel

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Overview

Ethnographic analysis reveals resistance and repair strategies in Afro-Brazilian communities, suggesting resilience against racial capitalism's impacts.

Key Points

  • Afro-Brazilian communities actively resist state-led development while fostering repair practices, creating resilience against challenges.
  • Analysis highlights their use of cultural strategies as forms of political engagement within the context of racial capitalism.
  • Ethnographic and archival research illustrates community life impacted by industrial projects like the Suape Port Industrial Complex.
  • Findings underscore the need for rethinking coloniality frameworks to recognize alternative futures through cultural practices and resistance.

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Shelly Annette Biesel (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69252e8bc0ce034ddc355cc9https://doi.org/10.1002/fea2.70028
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