Gisèle Cossard Explained

Giselle Cossard Binon
Birth Name:Giselle Cossard
Birth Date:31 May 1923
Birth Place:Tangier, Morocco
Death Place:Rio de Janeiro
Occupation:Iyalorixá (religious leader), Writer, Anthropologist, Adida Cultural
Spouse:Jean Binon
Nationality:French Brazilian
Years Active:1923 – 2016

Giselle Cossard Binon Omindarewa, (31 May 1923, Tangier - 21 January 2016, Duke of Caxias), Mãe-de-santo of Candomblé of Rio de Janeiro, was a French Brazilian anthropologist and writer. She was also known as Mother Giselle of Yemoja, Daughter of Saint John of Goméia, Initiated for the Orisha Yemoja.

Childhood

Gisele Cossard was born in 1923 in Tangier, Morocco, where her father was a military man. Her family raised her in the Catholic faith. Her father was a primary teacher and her mother, a pianist at the Paris Conservatory. During World War I (1914–1918), her father been sent to that extreme tip of Africa, which at the time was a French protectorate, became fascinated by the country and remained there until 1925. When he returned to France with his wife and the daughter, Gisele mentioned she did not have memories of that period, but according to the researcher Michel Déon, author of the biography Omindarewá - Uma Francesa no Candomblé (Editor Pallas), the collection of art objects that her parents brought from that African country, as well as its fantastic stories, constituted for her "an endless source of wonderment."[1]

Books written by her

Bibliography

Filmography

References

Notes and References

  1. http://www.revistabrasileiros.com.br/edicoes/16/textos/372/ Magazine 'Brazilians' - Mother of Saint to the French.
  2. Book: Mémoires de candomblé - Omindarewa Iyalorisa . fr. 2738464807. Dion. Michel. 1998. L'Harmattan.