There are many factors which have determined and over-determined the miserable history of Haiti, to which almost everybody had become accustomed. The recent plague, however, provoked a moment of pity ...
I don’t know if Haiti’s “voodoo” island magic is real, but I do know that America’s new culture of dependency has worked its magic on Vivencia Bellegarde, aka the “EBT Voodoo Queen.” Every sentence ...
As a teenager in Haiti, Edouard Duval-Carrié spent a lot of time hanging around artists. “I was fascinated by what they were doing,” Duval says now. “Things have gone not very well since, but there ...
Zangbeto: In African Voodoo culture, the Zangbeto dance is dedicated to the night watchmen, in which a tent-like structure is activated after special chanting, and it dances continuously. Zangbeto ...
The Cat Eye Club is a weird hybrid— a Tiki bar with a speakeasy vibe. It might be too dear to refer to it as a “Tik-easy,” but stranger things have come out of the place, especially on Thursdays. That ...
"I try to preserve the legacy of voodoo," says Gandolfo with a portrait of voodoo queen Marie Laveau. Tyrone Turner The Voodoo Museum "is an entry point for people who are curious, who want to see ...