Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Patrick Bellegarde-Smith and Claudine Michel -- 1: Vodun and social transformation in the African diasporic experience: the concept of personhood in Haitian Vodun ...
Often misrepresented in pop culture, Haitian Vodou is a complex and deeply spiritual African-derived religion that blends ancestral traditions with Catholic influences. This video explores its origins ...
In Haiti, locals took to the streets recently to protest a new governmental decree that threatens the practice of the Vodou religion. Gina Athena Ulysse, a contributor at the Huffington Post, writes ...
There’s something vaguely holy about “Lwa,” Fabiola Jean-Louis’s softly menacing effigy of a Haitian deity posed in a flood of daylight at the Gardner Museum. The handful of steps leading up to its ...
The Spiritwalker Collection transports wearers into the enchanting realm of Haitian Vodou. Each scarf in the collection celebrates a unique Lwa (Spirit) through the vibrancy of their favorite colors ...
Preface: Among Haitian studies, Frnech critical theory, and Postcolonial theory -- Introduction: Possession, dispossession, and self-possession: From pathology to healing, braiding intellectual ...