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Rethinking African Religions: African Americans, Afro-Latinos, Latinos, and Afro-Cuban Religions in Chicago
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Afro - Hispanic Review
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April 1, 2007
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- McPherson, Jadele
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Copyright informationCopyright Vanderbilt University. Department of Spanish and Portuguese Spring 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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One day, after studying abroad in Havana, Cuba, I saw a familiar yet seemingly out-of-place object on my mother's windowsill. I was confused as to why my mother would have a statue of Santa Bárbara in her room. One would more likely find this figure on a Catholic altar or maybe on an elaborate altar of a practicing santero or santera, both of which my mother is not. "May I take that Santa Bárbara for my bóveda?" I asked her.1 Eyes and the corners of her lips dancing, my mother did not crack a smile. "Santa Bárbara does not leave the house," she announced. It had been there since before I was born, at times accompanied by perfume, rum, and cigars.2
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