El texto, publicado por la Agencia Ediciones Cubanas de Arte, despliega la variedad de símbolos y memoria cultural que componen esa religión, conocida también como la Santería, a través de leyendas, fábulas, poemas, cantos, refranes y parábolas asociadas al legado de los esclavos africanos y sus descendientes en países de la región como Puerto Rico, República Dominicana, Panamá, Venezuela, Brasil, Colombia.
The reader will discover in its pages multiple aspects of life in Yoruba society, as well as the knowledge transmitted orally from generation to generation and the creative power of a people whose historical and cultural roots are anchored in the most ancient civilizations of humanity.
With a degree in French Language and Literature from the University of Havana and a postgraduate degree from the Sorbonne in Paris, Valentina Porras introduces the world of symbols, allegories, metaphors and images present in the ceremonies, foundations, tools and attributes of these two religious-socio-cultural complexes.
Of his authorship on the same subject, "La espiritualidad del Caribe al Brasil", together with the notable researcher and writer Natalia Bolívar; as well as "El Ashe está en Cuba", and "Con la bendición de todos. Inheritance and creativity in Cuban popular religiosity".
