“Alma foi embora, Navio foi embora” means “Soul has sailed, Ship has sailed”. This work is developed in São Tomé e Príncipe archipelago, crucial for the Portuguese trade of enslaved people since the 16th century due to its geographical position. With thousands forcefully brought in from all over Africa to then be sent mainly to Brazil, many social and cultural traits still reflect today the different origins of the inhabitants of this archipelago, located on Africa's western coast. Djambi, a syncretic ritual, is one of them. With roots in spiritual and religious traditions from countries known today as Angola, Benin, or Congo, it has a catholic component, reflecting the different struggles taken throughout the centuries between the colonial regime and its imposed religion, and the will of those who wanted to practice their beliefs in freedom, many with origins in voodoo. “Alma foi embora, Navio foi embora”, is a verse sung during the Djambi, in which music is continuously played and performed by an orchestra of men and drums, paying homage and reverence to all the ancestors who were brutally taken from their families and origins by the Portuguese. The difference and intensity of rhythms, alongside the atmosphere, might precipitate men, women, and children to become bodily vehicles for spirits wandering in the “terreiro”, during which they incorporate familial and historical references to slavery and resistance. This is an approach to life, death, body, and spirit(s).