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Abstract:This essay describes the police invasion of Hunkpame Savalu Vodun Zo Kwe terreiro in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. It demonstrates how police "investigations" of Afro-Brazilian religious communities can become a form of violent intolerance and structural racism.
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The Journal of Africana Religions publishes critical scholarship on Africana religions, including the religious traditions of African and African Diasporic peoples as well as religious traditions influenced by the diverse cultural heritage of Africa. An interdisciplinary journal encompassing history, anthropology, Africana studies, gender studies, ethnic studies, religious studies, and other allied disciplines, the Journal of Africana Religions embraces a variety of humanistic and social scientific methodologies in understanding the social, political, and cultural meanings and functions of Africana religions.