From the publisher’s description:
By combining oral traditions and rituals with handwritten and printed documents, Luis Nicolau Parés wrote a remarkable story of the slaves brought to Brazil, originaires from the region where the powerful kingdom of Dahomey was located, in the present Republic of Benin.
Parés, Luis Nicolau (NHC Fellow, 2010–11). La formation du Candomblé: Histoire et rituel du vodun au Brésil. Histoire des Suds. Paris: Karthala, 2010. ISBN 9782811105631.