Vodou

Non-Haitians and some Haitians hear the word Vodou -- or voodoo, in Hollywood parlance -- and shiver with fear and worry and pity and condescension.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Carine Fabius 2012

Roughly half of the 9.6 million people who live in Haiti practice Voodoo, also known as Vodou, a blend of West African and Christian religion.

Chilling Voodoo Killings Reportedly On Rise In Haiti AP 2010

Roughly half of the 9.6 million people who live in Haiti practice Voodoo, also known as Vodou, a blend of West African and Christian religion.

Chilling Voodoo Killings Reportedly On Rise In Haiti AP 2010

"THROUGH THEIR EYES" Photos by National Geographic photographer Maggie Steber and handcrafted items such as Vodou flags by Haitian artisans depict life in Haiti after the January earthquake.

Going Out Guide for Washington, D.C., Aug. 5-11 2010

He says it would be more accurate to say that a majority of Haitians practice some kind of Vodou - though only a very few would admit it.

JSOnline.com 2010

In Haitian Vodou, practiced widely by much of the population, the spirits of the departed -- sa nou pa we yo, those we don't see -- don't fly away, but remain near to those left behind, permitting the suffering living the triumphant advantage of laughing in the face of death.

Marcia Dyson: Love in the Time of the Haitian Cholera Marcia Dyson 2010

Still, it was not until Constant and I walked into the gallery of Vodou flags here at Brown that the magnitude of her teaching legacy really struck me.

Gina Athena Ulysse: Constant: Haiti's Fiercest Flag Bearer Gina Athena Ulysse 2011

Still, it was not until Constant and I walked into the gallery of Vodou flags here at Brown that the magnitude of her teaching legacy really struck me.

Gina Athena Ulysse: Constant: Haiti's Fiercest Flag Bearer Gina Athena Ulysse 2011

But that's the retail version of Vodou, pushed in the marketplace of ignorance and bigotry.

Marcia Dyson: Love in the Time of the Haitian Cholera Marcia Dyson 2010

Is Vodou any more unrealistic a remedy than, say, colonial exploitation and schemes of duplicitous rationality deployed by would-be saviors in military or ministerial garb?

Marcia Dyson: Love in the Time of the Haitian Cholera Marcia Dyson 2010