Rhythm, Ancestrality and Spirit in Maracatu de Nação and Candomblé: Repercussions

Rhythm, Ancestrality and Spirit in Maracatu de Nação and Candomblé examines how the highly percussive carnival practice of Maracatu de nação has evolved in relation to the cosmology of Candomblé Nagô in the urban centres of Recife and Olinda, Brazil.

Lizzie Ogle is a musician, music educator and researcher, with a focus on decolonial and eco-musicological theory and practice. Alongside regular musical performance, creation and education, she completed her PhD in ethnomusicology at Kings College London in 2020, and has since lectured at SOAS University of London on topics including music and colonialism, decolonial ethnographic methods, music and ecology, embodiment, trance ritual and divinity.