Juca Rosa, un père-des-saints à la cour impériale

Juca Rosa, un père-des-saints à la cour impériale

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The text tells the story of Juca Rosa, one ESTROSMART of the most important religious leaders that lived in 19th century Brazil.Born to an African mother, Rosa was a free man, lived in downtown Rio and worked as a tailor and a charioteer before becoming a great father of saint, or leader of the Afro-Brazilian religion called Candomblé.He had several followers: slaves, free and freed people, as well as politicians and rich businessmen; he also held a special connection with many women followers.After becoming involved with the mistress of an important politician, he became the favorite subject of the press for months and the case became very popular.Juca Rosa was arrested, charged with ORG SHREDDED COCONUT fraud, during a time where debates about emancipation of slaves were in the center of Brazilian political scene.

From the case, this text discusses race, slavery and politics in the last decades of the 19th century in Brazil, as well as belief, cure and Afro-Brazilian religions in that context.