For centuries, Haitians have turned to voodoo priests in times of illness, heartbreak, and confusion, relying on the native clergymen to counsel them or take up their case with the powerful African ...

A Vodou priest on Haiti describes some of the important elements of his faith.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's voodoo priests are objecting to anonymous mass burials as an improper way to handle the tens of thousands of dead from the earthquake -- and have taken their ...

“Farewell, Fred Voodoo” is a love letter to – and a lament for – Haiti, a country with an already strange and tortured history that became even more tragic, interesting and convoluted in the months ...

Introduction -- 1: Cargo for Good Friday -- 2: No way out -- 3: Son of a slave is a slave -- 4: Miasmas -- 5: Garden of spells -- 6: La Science -- 7: Mondesir -- 8: Marvellous horrors -- 9: Vivi -- 10 ...

Verna Gillis audio recordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives, Smithsonian Institution. Grabaciones sonoras de Verna Gillis, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives, Smithsonian Institution. Permission to ...