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Beyond the Limbo Silence by Elizabeth Nunez
Call Number: FIC NUN

ISBN: 9780345451088

Publication Date: 2003-07-01

Sara Edgehill leaves her home in Trinidad in 1963 to attend college in rural Wisconsin, but she finds the task of integrating the all-white school a lonely process until she becomes involved with Courtney, a voodoo practitioner from St. Lucia, and Sam, an African-American activist.

Cultural Links

Voodoo and West Africa's Spiritual Life
"Voodoo is older than the world," says Janvier Houlonon, a tour guide in Benin and a lifelong voodoo practitioner. "They say that voodoo is like the marks or the lines which are in our hands — we born with them. Voodoo are in the leaves, in the earth. Voodoo is everywhere."
Voodoo: The Revolutionary Roots of the Most Misunderstood Religion
Is Voodoo misunderstood? Learn about the religion’s revolutionary roots and the truth behind the many stereotypes associated with it.

Jan 23, 2022 • By Olivia Barrett, BA & MA History
Atlas of Humanity
Benin is the place where the Voodoo, or vodu, was born and today is the official religion of the country; voodoo means "soul" or "strength" in Fon, and at the time of the Kingdom of Dahomey it has had its maximum development and has remained unaltered over the centuries.

Unpacking Untruths

CONTRARY to popular opinion, Vodoo has nothing to do with devil-worship. Rather, it is believed that spirit mediators (lwa) can communicate with the worshippers, heal them, guide them and manifest the will of Bondye (God) through them.

Origins of Voodoo

Meet Brooklyn's Voodou Queen: Edeline St. Armand

Academic

The Power of Voodoo
Voodoo’s Effect on the Haitian African Diaspora
Voudou: Serving the Spirits
Vodou (meaning "spirit" or "god" in the Fon and Ewe languages of West Africa) is a blending (syncretism) of African religious traditions and Catholicism. In the United States, Vodou religious ceremonies are often performed in private group settings where spirits manifest in devotees through posession.
Pliralism Project, Harvard University

Image

Benin’s Amazing Technicolor Voodoo Cloaks

Key Concepts in Vodoon

Bondye

Haiti

Lwa

Myste

Anvizib

Zan

anestors

Monotheism

French Catholicism

Diaspora

Candles

Bells

Saints

World Religions: Voudou (Voodoo)