On February 9th I attended “African Diasporic Religions: Hearing, Resistance, and Weaponry.” The talk mentioned a lot of material concerning African customs such African Ceremonies or spiritual attire; however, the one piece that stood out to me the most was the use of Voodoo. Through this talk I learned the true form and purpose of Voodoo in African religion, which was completely unlike anything I have witnessed before.
In America and many other places in the world, individuals like myself only understand and portray voodoo as this dark art that originated in Haiti, and is now widely practiced in the underworld of New Orleans, Louisiana. The negative connotation of Voodoo was started with the massive Haitian influx into the United States,
In America and many other places in the world, individuals like myself only understand and portray voodoo as this dark art that originated in Haiti, and is now widely practiced in the underworld of New Orleans, Louisiana. The negative connotation of Voodoo was started with the massive Haitian influx into the United States,