Mulambö Brazil, b. 1995
Nagô, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 30 cm
Unique piece.
Series: Night of Destiny
© 2023 MULAMBÖ
Further images
Exhibitions
2024 Night of Destiny. Reiners Contemporary Art and Portas Vilaseca Galeria. 1-54 Contemporary African Art Marrakech. Marrakech, Morocco.The Yoruba-speaking enslaved people were called “Nagôs” and it was the Muslim Nagô communities that began to be called “Malês”. During the 1935 insurrection, a large part of the rebels were Nagô Muslims and around 30% of the city of Salvador at the time was made up of this ethnic group.