Voodoo is often seen as a practice involving magic. In Haiti, Voodoo is a religion born out of the struggle of slaves. And today, it is used as a form of healing and protection.

For many in the West, Voodoo invokes images of animal sacrifices, magical dolls and chanted spells. But Voodoo – as practiced in Haiti and by the black diaspora in the United States, South ...

Historian C.L.R. James described Voodoo as a “medium of the conspiracy,” meaning Voodoo was at the center of inciting the 1791 revolution in Haiti against slavery and colonialism.

Voodoo has often played a role in Haitian politics. Francois Duvalier, the dictator who ruled Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971, co-opted voodoo priests and used them to exercise control ...

As early as the 19th century, Voodoo had already become a dominant belief system even influencing elite culture – even if secretly. Haitian elites could not openly support the religion.

Voodoo has been practised in Haiti since the late 18th Century, but only now has it been recognised as a religion on a par with others worshipped in the country. Haiti's Catholic President, ...

Port-au-Prince — Like a “Hogan’s Heroes” episode where the captors are actually the captives, the Haitian military government repeatedly played the video of the Haitian voodoo rock group ...

GRESSIER, Haiti — In a dark, airless temple decorated with paper flags and moldering food, voodoo houngan Adnor Adely takes on the look of one possessed. His eyes shut tight. His shoulders hunch ...

In a dark, airless temple decorated with paper flags and moldy, voodoo houngan Adnor Adely takes on the look of one possessed. His eyes shut tight. His shoulders hunch. His hands leap up as if to ...

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But Voodoo — as practiced in Haiti and by the black diaspora in the United States, South America and Africa — is a religion based on ancestral spirits and patron saints.