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A fifth generation descendant of the royal house of Aro in modern Benin ; Alaketu served as high priestess of the Ile Maroia Laji temple in Salvador Da Bahia , Brazil , one of the oldest Candomblé temples in Brazil. Her temple attracted many promininet people including the writer Jorge Amado , and the French anthropolgist Pierre Verger . When the Ile Maroia Laji was declared a national heritage site, Cultural Minister Gilberto Gil said of Alaketu: "In the last forty years, we can consider Mother Olga as the greatest proponent of the religion of the Orisha s in all Brazil." Alaketu died from complications from Diabetes in 2005, and was buried in the Bosque Da Paz Cemetery . She was succeeded by her eldest daughter. |
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