Paper short abstract:

How does a very local African religion have impact on the white, educated, and “globalized” Portuguese population ? I will present two case studies from Guinea-Bissau which will analyze the circulation of religion and religious goods between Guinea and Lisbon.

Paper long abstract:

In contemporary forms of religious circulation between Africa and the Europe one of the issues that has been dealt with is the conjunction of the so-called "traditional" ways and modernity, in the strict sense of the word. In this paper I want to take this notion further, and think of the implications of the African diaspora in the religious rituals. Using the case study of migrants from Guinea-Bissau living in Portugal, I will expand on the new forms of religious production, and especially of religious circulation. How does a djmabakóss or mouro (both religious ritualists) from Biombo (a quite isolated region in Guinea-Bissau)attract clients in Lisbon? How does a very local African religion have impact on the white, educated, and "globalised" Portuguese population ? I will present two case studies: one centered on the funeral of a mouro and the Portuguese women clients that attended this funeral; the second one, dealing with the circulations of goods between Guinea and Lisbon, undertaken by her daughter, upon the death of a djambakóss . These two examples will allow for considerations on the meaning of "transnational religions" when such micro-scale religious forms are at stake.