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    Pierre Verger was a French photographer, researcher, and scholar who extensively documented cultures in Africa and South America. He was given the Yoruba title of "Fatumbi" by sacred men and women in Africa, showing his acceptance and knowledge of their traditions. In Bahia, Brazil, he was seen as "Ojuoba," the eyes of the deity Sango, due to his deep understanding of their syncretic culture gained through research and initiation into sacred circles. Verger exemplified being a citizen of the world by immersing himself in cultures and gaining respect as both a scholar and spiritual member of communities.

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    Pierre Verger was a French photographer, researcher, and scholar who extensively documented cultures in Africa and South America. He was given the Yoruba title of "Fatumbi" by sacred men and women in Africa, showing his acceptance and knowledge of their traditions. In Bahia, Brazil, he was seen as "Ojuoba," the eyes of the deity Sango, due to his deep understanding of their syncretic culture gained through research and initiation into sacred circles. Verger exemplified being a citizen of the world by immersing himself in cultures and gaining respect as both a scholar and spiritual member of communities.

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    A few days ago somebody asked me, quite seriously, whether

    Pierre Verger actually existed or if he was yet another folk tale from

    Bahia. Who knows, but maybe an attempt is being made to explain the

    syncretism of our culture, not by a god, but by a human being.

    Born in France into — I've been told — a noble lineage, citizen

    of the world, photographer of faraway places from Beijing to La

    Habana, young adventurer exploring pathways of knowledge and emo-

    tion, and then a Doctor of science at France's Centre de Recherches

    Scientif iques alongside Roger Bastide, a man of great wisdom.

    In Africa those who want to find him will have to ask for

    Fatumbi, a title given him by Yoruba sacred men and women which he

    has incorporated into his name, prompting the professor and

    researcher, the University man and the man of books, to become even

    richer is his humanity, to become a man equal to, and an integral part

    of the sacred circles and initiations of the Yoruba. In Africa he taught

    and learned not only the complete routes of the slave ships, but also the

    ways of mystery. He became a sorcerer: Pierre Fatumbi Verger.

    At the Axe Op6 Afonja holy circle, Mae Senhora, she who is so

    unforgettable, proclaimed from her queen's throne that he was Ojuoba,

    the eyes of Sango, the one who sees and knows all. At the houses of

    saints he became a well-known figure, master of us all, equal to us in

    the vibration and warmth of the drums. Professor, researcher, photogra-

    pher, writer; in Bahia he is Pierre Fatumbi Verger Ojuoba.

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