Haitian Vodou

Anthropology is the study of humans, from which their past and present is easy to understand. Anthropology identifies, understands, promotes, defends and preserves the complicated identities and behaviors of people living around the world. It is one of the greatest achievement of humanity as it brings together the global community of social scientist who provide service towards science and society. Visual anthropology is a branch of social anthropology, which uses visual arts, digital pictures,…

The American, French, and Haitian revolutions occurred within 20 years of each other during the late 18th and early 19th century. The American and French revolutions preceded the Haitian Revolution and greatly affected its results. Although the Haitian revolution shared a similar goal as the American Revolution, many of the resistance tactics and occurrences more closely resemble those of the French Revolution. It is likely true that the beginning of the Haitian revolution was heavily…

The Haitian Revolution is underestimated in its impact on the United States and particularly the race relations in America with reference to the Civil War. Beyond that sense, Haiti’s independence even expedited revolutions in Latin American countries. Simply regarding the fact that it was the only other nation in the Western Hemisphere to be established by means of a revolt, and to be a black one at that, definitely left an uneasy dread within the United States’ stomach. Most apparently it had…

Breath, Eyes, Memory is a coming-of-age novel that treats identity formation and women's experiences in the context of rural Haitian culture and the Haitian diaspora. Specifically, the novel deals with the question of political and social liberation, and the role of community in both furthering and ending oppression. To do this she uses cultural practices and men’s role in Haitian women’s oppression, but although oppressed shows the possibility of being liberated. In the novel “Breath, Eyes,…

How Religion Changed the Slaves Since Europeans began bringing black slaves and indentured servants to the colonies, they have begun to tear away foundations that connected blacks to their African heritage. As slavery progressed, “Negroes” were forced to adopt European religion and were mocked for their own religious foundations as being witchcraft and primitive. These changes have continually affected the foundation of spirituality in Negroes, which continues to plague the black…

their staple foods are sweet potatoes, yams, corn, pigeon peas, bread, and coffee. They mainly eat two meals a day, which consist of a light breakfast and a meal in the afternoon. Haitians eat fruits between meals and have a nightly snack as well. Haiti is the “poorest country” in the Western Hemisphere. The majority of Haitian people consist of “small farmers and are referred to as peasants.” The average “family of six, earn less than $500 per year.” Much of the land is not suitable for…

Too many Black people in positions of power and leadership in our organizations have serious character flaws, are charlatans or outright thieves. Sometimes Black people’s “leadership and organizations” can be our worst enemy. As you know, I experienced the dangerous character flawed and charlatan behavior from Hugh Clark when he forcibly impregnated my girlfriend Norma (we went to each other’s Junior and Senior Proms-1969/1970), gave me Regina (who had psychological issues), and sent three…

Ricardo said he thought I did a good job representing the essence of family in Haitian culture. However, during our conversation I found him saying, “not everyone does that” a few times. I then had to clarify I was looking for aspects of culture as a whole, he agreed that what I had written covered that pretty well. One example is when I wrote about adoption and stepparents. I recall from our second conversation that these events do not occur very regularly so it is possible that I may have…

Haiti in its fight to Political Freedom In his route to Asia, Christopher Columbus landed on the Island in 1492, naming it Hispaniola. As we learned in this course, Christopher Columbus was one of the first conquistadores who were seeking land and wealth in order to get high class standing. At the time, the Tainos lived in the land; they had a peaceful encounter at first where they exchanged gifts then second encounter, they n took over the land and enslaved the indigenous people who later died…

Christie (2011), Farghaly (2014) and Platts (2013) has its roots tracing back to Haitian folklore of Vodoun (Voodoo or Vodou) magic (Christie 2011, p. 10; Farghaly 2014, p. 8; Platts 2013, p. 549). It is a product of the supernatural, combined with a vague applied science of pharmacology (Farghaly 2014, p. 9). Here, we shall examine the cinematic (North American) version of zombie which is vastly different from its Haitian predecessor. From its humble beginning as a subculture confined to cult…