The miniseries addresses the struggle of Pedro Arcanjo, guided by Magé Bassã, his holy mother, to protect African culture and integrate it into Brazilian society, creating a new culture. The plot takes place in the Bahian setting filled with the stories of the characters who intersect in Arcanjo's struggle: the friendship with Mestre Lídio, shaken when Rosa de Oxalá, his wife, falls in love with Archanjo; loves prohibited by the incompatibility of saints; the fight against the intolerance and racial prejudice of those in power.
Nelson Xavier
Milton Gonçalves
Dhu Moraes
Chica Xavier
Ângela Leal
Tânia Alves
Oswaldo Loureiro
Gracindo Júnior
Cláudio Marzo
Maria Isabel de Lizandra
Antônio Pompêo
Solange Couto
Júlia Lemmertz
Joel Silva
Daniel Dantas
Yara Cortes
Zenaide Pereira
Tania Boscoli
Antônio Pitanga
Tony Tornado
Francisco Milani
Cláudio Mamberti
Ivan Cândido
Emiliano Queiroz
Rodrigo Santiago
Mário Lago
Louise Cardoso
Thaís de Campos
Nicette Bruno
Miriam Pires
Edyr de Castro
Josias Amon
Dill Costa
Luiz Carlos Arutin
Solange Theodoro
João Acaiabe
Mário Gusmão
Lima Duarte
Lisandra Souto
Othon Bastos
Marina Miranda