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A Brazilian publisher specialized inspirituality, gender and racial titles.

Besides magic recipes books, our titles propose reection about the universe of the Orishas – African Gods and Forces of Nature -, the Candomblé and Umbanda – major Afro-religious cultures in Brazil - and their practices, the African ethos reconstructed in Brazilian soil and the experiences of its participants.

Our authors are part of this universe: religious leaders and practi-tioners who, through their day-to-day participation and practice of faith and race, interact with the wider society and share their own experiences lived inside the Temples.

For all this, we want to invite you to know more about our works and projects, and also to be part of this journey with us, crossing the boundaries of religious temples, promoting and expanding tolerance and peace in such turbulent times.

SINCE 2015, AROLE CULTURALSEEKS TO REGISTER AND PROVOKE THOUGHT

OVER AFRICAN-BRAZILIAN SPIRITUALITY,CULTURE, ETHICS AND HISTORY.

Whowe are

Thank you, ashé!

UNVELING ESHUThe Guardian of Crossroads

The archetype represented by Eshu contrib-utes to the creation of an affective bond between man and spirit. Outcasts of every kind, marginal in the literal sense of the word - those who live on the margins - the gure of Eshu represents human nature itself with all its vices and virtues.

It’s from this affective relationship with the supernatural that Diego de Oxóssi seeks the mythological origin of Eshu and builds a time line from the emergence of African-Brazilian religions throughout the country history until the arising of a Brazilian Black Magic Tradition at present days.

ISBN 9788556270009Non-ction / Spirituality

ENGLISH sold worldwideOther Lang: All rights available

Diego de OxóssiPaperback, 176 p., 5.5"x8.5"

THE POWER OF LEAVESBaths, Fumigations and Magic

A detailed guide to the magical use of leaves for all who believe in them - whether they are initiated in some religion, lonely spiritualists or curious practitioners.

In you will easily learn The Power of Leaveshow to identify and classify magical herbs, how to combine them to create your own recipes, and how to awaken their sacred power. The author also goes through various magical traditions of the world, adding Candomblé's knowledge to the practices of magic and universalist esotericism.



Diego de OxóssiPaperback 184 p., 5.5"x8.5"

THE MAGIC OF LEAVES365 plants and their powers

The largest in dictionary of magical herbsBrazil: A detailed guide to magical ingredi-ents that can easily be found in your home pantry, backyard, or nearby markets. A study and reference guide, with key information created especially for your daily life.

In , 365 plants are The Magic of Leavesclassied by their magical powers and their ruling Orisha, organized in 5 thematic axes: spiritual cleanliness; paths opening; prospe-rity; harmonization and love.




THE SECRET OF LEAVESCreating day-to-day magic

In the third volume of The Sacred Leaves Trilogy you will nd a manual for transfor-ming your day-to-day life and the little acts of routine into rituals full of power and enchant-ment.

Plus, in you will also The Secret of Leaveslearn tips on how to easily manipulate the herbs and sacred plants at your home, how to protect your house and family from negative energies with small pots and plant arrange-ments, how to use the power of magical herbs in gastronomy and decoration and much more!




ISBN 9786586174045Numerology / Spirituality

All rights available

Diego de OxóssiPaperback, 200 p., 6"x9"

AFRICAN NUMEROLOGYDiscover your personality with the Orishas Birth Chart

Just like the signs in astrology, African spiritual traditions believes that every human has it's personal regencies since birth. As universal energies related to one's birth date, the Personal Odus dene our self-identity and personality, rules the way we foresee and achieve life goals, how we deal with professi-onal issues and the way we related one to each other. The book is a complete guide on how to identify, understand and work over our Odus’ positive and negative aspects to develop a consciouss journey to achieve happiness and prosperity.

ISBN 9788556270108Self Help / Spirituality

All rights available.

Diego de OxóssiPaperback, 176 p., 4"x5,5"

WORDS OF ASHÉPeace, Success and Happiness

Inspired by the famous pocket book Minutes of Wisdom, Words of Axé was prepared especially to bring the Orishas wisdom and advises to you, whenever you need. On it’s pages you will nd inpirati-on and guidance for everyday life on messages full of affection and powerful words that you can read whenever you need a friendly advise, to start your day well or reect about life! In addition, it is also an oracle book: mentalize your question, open the book at random and receive the Orishas guidelines and predictions!

LET´S TALK YORÙBÁ?Learning the Orishas language

Yorùbá is the African Gods language, spoke in Orishas temples all over the world. In day-to-day living, in prayers, in traditional songs and in magical rituals, the use of Yorùbá language puts the practitioner in a deeper contact with African-based spirituality.

Written by Fernandez Portugal Filho, head of African-American Religions Anthropology at Habana University (Cuba), the book is a complete language course teaching how to read, write and speak. Along with the book, reader will also nd audios examples accessed on a private website (foreign editions access granted).

ISBN 9786580637119Spirituality / Language Course


Fernandez Portugal FilhoPaperback, 512 p., 6"x9"

OSHUMARE’S TEMPLESacred songs that enchanted Pierre Verger

The memories and history of Ilé Òsùmàrè Araka Àse Ògòdò - The House of Oshumare - in the words of their elders, community members and 's historiographic Pierre Vergerresearch. A work that at the same time rescues relevant aspects of the memory of one of the oldest Orishas Temple in Brazil and the joy to belong to a rightful African-matrix tradition, preserving its ancient culture. With the book, reader gets access to more than sixty audios with sacred songs recorded by Pierre Verger in 1958.

ISBN 9786586174083History / Afro-Brazilian Sacred Music

All rights available.

Angela E. Lühning & Silvanilton E. da MataPaperback, 192 p. 6"x9"

BLACK WOMEN, BLACK MOTHERSMemories of an Orisha Priestess

A portrait that remains current about race relations in Brazil, gender and based on religiosity issues. By rescuing the memories of Olga de Alaketu, late Orisha priestess descendent from African royalty, the author crosses the shackles of racism and shows that the ability of black women to overcome difculties in the course of life, endowed by her African cultural heritage of defense powers and social action. In times of resistan-ce, Olga de Alaketu's memories come back to life as an inspiration and tool in the anti-racist struggle.

ISBN 9786580637058Non-ction / Social Sciences


Teresinha Bernardo, PhD.Paperback, 208 p., 6"x9"

ISBN 9786586174069History / Social sciences


Hendrix SilveiraPaperback, 192 p., 6"x9"

WE’RE NOT CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTSHistory and Theology of Southern Brazilian Orisha’s Religion

What is Batuque? How does its emergen-ce in Brazil and its expansion to Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay? What's it's customs, foundations and religious practices? These and other questions guide the historian, theologian and Orishas priest Hendrix Silveira, who seeks to trace the origin for this legitimately Southern-Brazilian religion since its African origins, bringing to light the persecution engendered by racism and white-colonialism in diasporic lands.

ISBN N/ANon-ction / Women Cronics


Walesca BarbosaPaperback, 208 p., 5.5"x8.5"

MAY OUR GLANCES NOT GET USED TO ABSENCENESS

The acting and thinking of Waleska Barbosa: black woman, journalist, northeastern. Mom, Daughter, sister. The mixture of a Brazilian Northeast that she carries as root, while shakes its branches-eyes-soul by urban and cosmopolitan environments, internal or worldwide, revealing in chronicles, prose poetic and broken-foot poems her own look. For the stories she's been told, for those she lived, for those she saw other women living. For those she wanted everyone had lived - and those she wanted no one has. To read Waleska's words is like sitting to the couch - either as analyst or analyzed -, and return from there with your soul in peace.

ISBN 9788590624097Brazilian Cookery


Carlos Ribeiro & Vilson Caetano Jr.Paperback, full color184 p., 6"x9"

SACRED FOOD TO BE EATEN

To say the things a certain Orisha eats is like revealing a secret of that deity. The absence of some ingredients or their presence without further information seek to protect special knowledge and, as in the practice of faith, the sharing of food is also an act of devotion, in which men and gods become one. .

It is through these reections that Chef Carlos Ribeiro and Orisha Priest Vilson Caetano Jr. invite us to experience the avors and pleasures of sacred-inspired recipes created for men to eat and honor the Gods and Goddesses of African-Brazilian spirituality, after all the magic begins in the kitchen!

AJEUM COLLECTION: OSHUNFine sweets and pastries

Organized by Chef Carlos Ribeiro and signed by him and his guests Ana Célia Santos, Ieda de Matos and Bel Coelho, the collection features typical Brazilian recipesinspired by the favorite ingredients of Oshun (honey and eggs), Ibeji (caruru and children's sweets), Yemaya (soups, birds, sh and sea food) and Yansan (red meat and palm oil).

The rst volume brings recipes watered with many eggs and sweetness to honor the African goddess of beauty, love and fertility.

The holy feast is at the table, be our guest!



Chef Carlos RibeiroPaperback, full color96 p., 7"x7"

AJEUM COLLECTION: YEMAYASoups, Birds and Fishes

In the second volume of , Ajeum CollectionChef Ieda de Matos presents recepies of soups, birds, shes and sea food in honor of Yemaya, the African goddess of motherhood and intelectual matters, considered «Mother of Brazil.

Chef Ieda de Matos had her gastronomy specialization in Germany, but is most known in Brazil for bringing the scents and tastes of her homeland, Chapada Diamantina, a country region of Northeast Brazil



Chef Ieda de MatosPaperback, full color112 p., 7"x7"

BEYOND AFTERLIFEThe Dynamics of Reincarnation

The secrets of life, death and reincarnation unveiled from a spiritualist perspective. Priest of Umbanda and Grand Master of Occult Traditions, the author goes through the universal concepts of the Law of Karma and its cycles from birth to human rebirth.

By entering the mysteries of reincarnation as a fundamental aspect of spiritual evolution, Felipe explains in detail the passages of spirits through the 7 negative and 7 positive dimen-sions after death and also addresses topics such as human cloning and the Law of Attraction as factors inuencing reincarnatio-nist processes.

ISBN 9786586174007Spirituality / Reincarnation


Felipe CamposPaperback, 184 p., 5.5"x8.5"

FROM RAZORS TO BERIMBAUCapoeira and Rascalness in Rio de Janeiro

Following the sinuous steps street gangs since the days of Rio's Maltas and revisiting other historical riots as well as the black fraternities, samba and spirituality, Jorge Felipe Columá investigates how Brazilian Malandro's (Rascals) character mixes up with Capoeira in a symbiosis that goes far beyond the games and constitutes an identity, or rather, a philosophy of life. Using the magnifying glass of social imaginary that allows us to see beyond appearances, linearity, the gure of the Rascals appears as a pervasive myth in the capoeira imagination, suggesting a deepening of the relationships between them.

ISBN 9788556270108Social Sciences / Capoeira


Jorge Felipe ColumáPaperback, 192 p., 6"x9"

THE WISDOM OF UMBANDALife lessons learnt fromSpiritual Guides

Experiencing full spirituality Umbanda'srequires much more than just having faith or attending a Temple... It takes effort, dedicati-on and humility to recognize that our truth is not unique and that even after years we continue to know little more than nothing about the mysteries of life. The Wisdom of Umbanda is much more than a book about this beautiful religion: it is an invitation to unravel the unknown, to learn from those who came before us and, with a peaceful heart, to receive the blessings of the Spiritual Guides.



Alan BarbieriPaperback, 176 p., 5.5"x8.5"

PRIESTHOOD SECRETSHow to open, ground and leadan Umbanda Temple

What are the groudness fundamentals necessary for the physical space that will accommodate an Temple? What Umbandacharacteristics and rites of passage are required for its Priest? What is the desired posture, behavior, and prole of a priest to lead a community? After more than 20 years of deep experience in Umbanda, Alan Barbieri - spiritual youtubber and best-selling author of - opens The Wisdom of Umbandathe doors of his Temple to answer these and other key questions.



Alan BarbieriPaperback, 232 p., 6"x9"

ISBN 9788590624011Children book / Spirituality


Waldete Tristão, PhD.Paperback, full color40 p., 7"x10"

KNOWING THE ORISHAS1st volume of Orishas for Children

In children will learn in a Knowing the Orishasfun way who are the 16 Orishas - African gods and godessess worshiped in diasporic spirituality -, their favorite colors and foods, their main customs and characteristics.

In a country as plural and mixed as Brazil, we nd faith in every corner: in the colors of the cities, in the music of the radios, in the food of the saints and men. Ogun and St. George become one; Yemaya blesses all beliefs with owers by the sea; and the Ibeji, holy children, delight in the carurus to celebrate the joy of life!

EREMI: THE UMBANDA GUIDE FOR CHILDREN

In readers The Umbanda Guide for Children of all ages are introduced to the 12 main Spiritual Groups of Umbanda deities and mentors, their customs, forces of nature and powers of action in Afro-Brazilian spirituality.

Demystifying prejudices, the book is also an educational tool and ght against religious intolerance, teaching readers of all beliefs and ages the main motto of this genuinely Brazilian religion: Umbanda and its Spiritual Mentors are made of peace, love and charity!



Luana LeandroPaperback, full color32 p., 7"x10"

ESHU, TWO FRIENDS AND A FIGHT2nd volume of Orishas for Children

In the second volume of The Orishas for Children Collection, small readers will nd one of the most famous and traditional legends of Eshu, the Communication and Movement God!.In , the Guardian Eshu, two friends and a ghtof Crossroads demonstrates the importance of praising the Orishas rst, making two inseparable friends have a great adventure defying the laws of the gods, teaching that the truth ... oh, the truth ... It is only one, even when it has two sides!



Míghian Danae, MD.Paperback, full color40 p., 7"x10"

ISBN 9788590624073Young-adults ction


Lucas Espírito SantoPaperback, 216 p., 5.5"x8.5"

WARRIOR GODS1st volume of Gods Origin Saga

In young reader's ction , Warrior GodsObatala and the Funfun Orishas give birth to Earth, starting a divine battle for the power of creation! In order to contain the wrath of the Gods and restore order on Earth, Oshun, Yansan and Yemaya resort to their enchant-ments spells, but will need to dispute with Nanan, the Ancestral Mother, the dominion over love and the generation of life. In the midst of this great adventure, the warriors Eshu, Ogun and Oshosi take part in the battles to defend Obatala's reign against the attacks of the Aiye-Iku, evil spirits sent to destroy all Creation.

A PARTY TO MY HEAD

Kayodê's head was tired and confused: after so many trips and changes, back in Rio de Janeiro, he was forced to face bullying and racism at school ...

And now, what to do?

Upon discovering the strength of the Orishas, it is in the lap of his Grandma Bida that he will nd the comfort he needs so much: with a beautiful boori - the African party to the Spiritual Head - Kayodê and his family will awaken peace and happiness in their paths and rescue their ancestry , showing that the strength of spirituality is ageless!



Kemla BaptistaPaperback, full color40 p., 7"x10"

CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS BOOKSABOUT RESPECT, EQUALITYAND SOCIAL INCLUSION!

BEJIRÓ is specially developed to teach fundamen-tal values as respect for differences, inclusion, self-esteem and social belonging, bringing sensitive issues such as: racism; indigenous causes; deci-encies; plural families and more!

AZIZI, THE PRECIOUS GIFT

A story of affection and acceptance inspired by real cases of interracial adoption: a black boy adopted by white parents, who nds in the differences of color the unity of family, life and love.

The affective bonds between Azizi, his mother and his father are strengthened in the diffe-rence of the races. Azizi's excitement at relentlessly hearing the story of his arrival, "the precious gift" long awaited by his parents, is a proof that family notions go far beyond blood ties: Azizi is adopted, but also adopts his parents and together they will nd the meaning of love in the delicacies of life.

ISBN 9786580637010Children’s ction / Adoption


Lucimar Rosa Dias, MD.Paperback, illustrated, 48 p., 10"x7"

ISBN 9786586174014Young adults ction


Alexandre RibeiroPaperback, 208 p., 5.5"x8.5"

RESERVEDWhen teenage dreams come true

Reserved tells the journey of João Victor, a shy boy, from the slum and the "skin color of maybe". With his father he learned to avoid violence through imagination, like a skilled bus driver escaping from the holes on the streets. When that bus has all its seats availa-ble and its lights out, it’s then that the letter sign unveils its mysteries: "Reserved". Imagining its nal stop was João's fantasy, without realizing what life had reserved for his own destiny. To overcome the challenges of growing up in a poor neighborhood, it's in the lines of his notebook that he writes words full of curves and skidding... But he won't get lost until he reaches the end point.

MONOCÓ is a label dedicated to LGBTQ+ community, including prose, verse, ction and self-help titles that tells the life experiences and thoughts of its members.

AROLE CULTURAL ALSO VALUESGENDER AND SEXUAL DIVERSITY!

LETTERS TO PEPITA

Letters to Pepita, a huge success on IGTV and YouTube, completes one year on air and to celebrate brings the best letters in the debut book of Monocó label!

Presented by LGBTQ+ activist, singer and songwriter , one of the rst Mulher Pepitatranssexual singers in Brazil and with over 500,000 followers on social networks, the book brings the author's advices - sometimes affectionate, sometimes acidic - to relation-ship, love and sex questions of the reader-viewers, who send their letters to the show and are read in the air, without shame!

ISBN 9786580637041Self-help / LGBTQ Non-ction


Mulher PepitaPaperback, 160 p., 4.25"x6.87"

ISBN 9786586174076Racism / LGBTQ Non-ction


Valéria Barcellos, 192p.Paperback, 5.5"x8.5"

TRANSRADIOACTIVEYou know me ‘cause you have afraid, or are you afraid ‘cause know me?

Brazilian singer, actress, journalist, black and transgender woman, in her debut book Valeria Barcellos brings writings, narrated or imagined during one of the most difcult periods that a person can go through: the discovery and treatment for cancer. In her texts the author talks openly about the oppression suffered by transgenders, LGBTTQI+ community and black people, encouraging reection and debate against homophobia and racism, amplifying her voice in song, verse and prose in defense of equal rights.

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