Transculturation: Afro-Latin Religious Practices Beyond Geographical Boundaries and Stigmatizations

This article deals with racial and religious discrimination against devotees of Afro-Yoruba religions, focusing on Santeria. This Cuban religion, the fruit of the diaspora, is analyzed in terms of the changes and permanence of its foundations between Nigeria and Cuba, as well as its spread to other countries through migratory processes, with an emphasis on Mexico and Argentina. The various symbologies of Iemanjá analyzed contextually, as well as the dynamics of the festivals of this orisha in these two territories, makes us reflect on transculturality, identity construction, religious expressions in the public space, their conflicts and the articulation of social movements as resistance. Religious racism and the stigmatization of Afro religions are manifestations of structural racism, rooted in society. In this way, the study aims to systematize the sources and problematize hegemonic thinking, the volatility of borders and the possibility of deconstructing them through collective action.