On this episode of Ghost Song Radio, we will discuss the topic of Haitian Vodou. It is one of the most misunderstood and unjustly maligned religious practices in the world. Here we will discuss Haiti’s tumultuous history and how it led to the development of Vodou. We will discuss Vodou in concept and practice. Finally, we will discuss the Lwa, the spirits of Vodou who act as intermediaries between Man and God.
Sources for this episode…
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Bell, Madison Smartt. “A Hidden Haitian World”. New York Review of Books #55. July, 2008.
Brown, Karen McCarthy. Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn. 1991
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Fandrich, Ina J. “Yorùbá Influences on Haitian Vodou and New Orleans Voodoo.” Journal of Black Studies 37, #5. 2007.
Filan, Kenaz. The Haitian Vodou Handbook: Protocols for Riding with the Lwa. 2007.
Geggus, David. “Haitian Voodoo in the Eighteenth Century: Language, Culture, Resistance.” Jahrbuch für Geschichte Lateinamerikas – Anuario de Historia de America Latina 28. 1991.
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Johnson, Paul Christopher. “Secretism and the Apotheosis of Duvalier.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 74. 2006.
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Metreaux, Alfred. Voodoo in Haiti. 1958
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