She discovered at that choir practice that the Haitian Creole songs the group sang that day were meant to honor the spirits, or “Loa,” who in the Voodoo religion serve as intermediaries ...
coli? Well, I’ll tell you why, because in the 1700s, when the African slaves came to the island of Haiti and they introduced an idea called voodoo. And so we look at Haiti, and we ask ...
A surge in violence that started in February this year has left thousands dead and injured and many more people homeless.
The real zombie is Afro-Caribbean, derived from Haitian voodoo, a syncretic religion that blends those of sub-Saharan Africa, the West Coast and parts of Central Africa with Catholicism.
The use of GBV has grown dramatically in scale and ruthlessness, with sexual abuse now being deployed as a routine means of ...
The undead monsters we know from movies and TV are distortions of a figure with roots in the religious practices of Haiti.
A small Pennsylvania town has been thrown into a national conversation about immigration into the U.S, after former President Trump pointed to it as a victim of mass Haitian migration --with some ...
Haitian chefs recognize that their food is many Americans’ first introduction to Haitian culture, and see their role as not just “chef,” but also as an educator. “I think food is universal and food ...
The influx of Haitian migrants into the U.S. has become a major political issue in recent months, as both former President Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance repeated claims about the impact they are ...
OPINION: In a recently resurfaced sermon, the celebrated megachurch pastor whitesplained Haiti’s economic problems using a popular white supremacist of the prosperity gospel. — Pastor Keion D ...