Recommended Reading

Image of Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Author: Maya Deren
Publisher: McPherson (1983)
Binding: Paperback, 350 pages
Image of Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn Updated and Expanded Edition (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society)
Author: Karen McCarthy Brown
Publisher: University of California Press (2001)
Binding: Paperback, 440 pages
Image of Vodou in Haitian Life and Culture: Invisible Powers
Author:
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (2006)
Binding: Paperback, 256 pages

Music Played

Image of Awakening
Artist: Joseph Curiale, Joseph Curiale, The Royal Philhramonic Orchestra/Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, Dod Severinsen (trpt.), Ralph Morrison (violin), Mike Miller (guitar)
Label: Orchard Road
Image of Angels In The Mirror: Vodou Music Of Haiti
Artist: Various Artists, Elizabeth McAlister
Label: Ellipsis Arts
Image of Rhythms of Rapture: Sacred Musics of Haitian Vodou
Artist: Rhythms of Rapture
Label: Smithsonian Folkways

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    Patrick Bellegarde-Smith

    Bellegarde-Smith is a professor at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and author of many books about Vodou.

    Claudine Michel

    Michel is professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara and editor of several books about Vodou.