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 ...

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.

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 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, ...

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.

Haitian voodoo is a religion that emerged out of institutional slavery. Starting in the mid-1600s, many Africans who had been brought against their will to the Island of Hispaniola ...

Voodoo is a centuries-old belief that combines African religions with Western Catholicism; in Haiti, its public rehabilitation began after it was officially recognized as a religion in 2003.

The disaster has moved voodoo centre-stage in Haiti. Yesterday, 1,000 members of the national convention of voodoo priests met in an emergency session to formulate their response to it.

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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.