For Constant, art-making is a statement of resistance within the context of Haiti's extreme political and economic ...

A trace of the Polish 19th century presence is still noticeable in contemporary Haitian culture in the form of popular depictions of Ezili Dantor. Ezili Dantor is an important spirit of motherhood in ...

African slaves met at a plantation called Cayman at night to plan their liberation in August 1791 where a voodoo cultural ritual was conducted. That became the watershed moment in Haitian history ...

Western and African cultures collide in Haiti resulting in religious conflict between Christianity and Voodoo Despite centuries of vigilant opposition from the Christian Church Voodoo has ...

Voodoo is often shrouded in mystery, or demonised. But at the annual Voodoo festival in Benin, tourists are finding out about ...

Voodoo originated in the West African country of Benin and later took shape in Haiti, during the transatlantic ... Ph.D., professor of African American Religious History at the University of ...

"A red line has been crossed, and the State will mobilise all its forces to track down and annihilate these criminals," said a statement from the Haitian prime minister's office. Voodoo ...

Nearly 200 people in Haiti were killed in brutal weekend violence reportedly orchestrated against voodoo practitioners, with the government on Monday condemning a massacre of "unbearable cruelty.