Vodou in the Haitian Experience: A Black Atlantic Perspective

by Celucien L. Joseph

One glaring lacuna in studies of Haitian Vodou is the scarcity of works exploring the connection between the religion and its main roots, traditional Yoruba religion. Discussions of Vodou very often seem to present the religion in vacuo, as a sui generis phenomenon that arose in Saint-Domingue and evolved in Haiti, with no antecedents. What is sorely needed then is more comparative studies of Haitian Vodou that would examine its connections...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498508316
• ISBN13: 9781498508315
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"