Articles & Essays

Interested in reading more about Quimbanda? Take a look at our writings and media created by members of the Temple and our sister Cabula and community in Brazil, and other assorted articles and essays that may be of interest.

From “Serpent Shod” (in English)

• Tata Apokan | An Announcement of Independence
•  Tata Apokan | Proof of Kingship is Never the Crown, Except When It Is….

• Tata Apokan | Exu Ganga, Exu Mulambo

• Tata Apokan | The Scales of Saint Michael and the Whip of the Maioral

From Instagram,
republished on “Serpent Shod” (in English)

• Tata Apokan | Who is Exu?
• Tata Apokan | And what of Pomba Gira?

• Tata Apokan | Movement Belongs to the Living
• Tata Apokan | The Road is Exu
• Tata Apokan | Pedaço por pedacinho…
• Tata Apokan | Adaptation is the Sister of Agency
• Tata Apokan | In the Darkness, Our Shadows Become One
• Tata Apokan | Vo zèyi kânda, zèyi Nzâmbi
• Tata Apokan | What do you have to offer the Devil of this Moment?
• Tata Apokan | Bakulu: To Die is Not Enough


From “Cabula Mulemba’ (in Portuguese)

• Tata Mukunji | Madame Satã vem descendo a ladeira

• Tata Mujitu | Encruzilhadas de Poder

• Mametu Emekabande | Kimbanda Congo: O resgate da Cultura Bantu no Brasil

• Tata Mujitu | Kijila de Exu: Preceitos e Promessas

• Tata Mukunji | Os caminhos de Exu Cigano

• Tata Apokan | As balanças de São Miguel e o Chicote de Maioral

• Mametu Emekabande | Os Bakulu na Kimbanda Congo

• Mametu Emekabande | Iniciação na Quimbanda de Angola, necromancia e pertencimento

• Tata Emelendo | O Segredo do Kuxikama

• Tata Mujitu | As diversas faces de Exu

• Tata Nkongo Nkenda | Quimbanda: Um lugar de não-retorno

• Mametu Emekabande | O meu lugar

• Mona Muande | Zé Pilintra: Santo Popular

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