Like many great religions, throughout its history Haitian Vodou has provided both ... returned with lurid tales of what they called “voodoo” and characterized as black magic.

African slaves met at a plantation called Cayman at night to plan their liberation in August 1791 where a voodoo cultural ritual was conducted. That became the watershed moment in Haitian history ...

What explains this sorry history? Haiti got off to a wretched ... Duvalier further consolidated power by reviving Haiti’s voodoo traditions, setting himself up as a voodoo priest.

A trace of the Polish 19th century presence is still noticeable in contemporary Haitian culture in the form of popular depictions of Ezili Dantor. Ezili Dantor is an important spirit of motherhood in ...

CHARLIE KIRK (HOST): It's important to note that Haiti is legitimately infested with demonic voodoo. JACK POSOBIEC (CO-HOST): Well, so, voodoo, you know, it's really where -- Haiti is where voodoo ...

A ceremony in the Congo Square area of Armstrong Park was part of the first annual New Orleans National Vodou Day on Jan. 14, ...

Voodoo originated in the West African country of Benin and later took shape in Haiti, during the transatlantic ... Ph.D., professor of African American Religious History at the University of ...

“Voodoo is Haiti’s only hope,” says Solange Patrice, a 19-year-old street vendor who took Wednesday off to make meager offerings of coins and candles at a voodoo temple. “We have nothing ...

MOVIE TRAILER: "From Haiti, land of the Voodoo ... with different names—there is voodoo. With a different history.” Today, the mayor of Ouidah, Christian Houetchenou says Vodun has played ...