Bascom, W. Ifa Divination: Communication Between Gods and Men in West Africa. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1991.
Belgun, Erik and Don Nardo. Voodoo: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1991.
Blier, Suzanne Preston. African Vodun: Art, Psychology and Power. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1995.
Bodin, Ron. Voodoo, Past and Present. Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1990.
Brown, K. McC. Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn. Berekeley, CA: University of California Press, 1991.
Cohen, Daniel. Voodoo, Devils and the New Invisible World. New York: Dodd Mead, 1972.
Cosentino, Donald, ed. Sacred Arts of Haitian Voodoo. Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1995.
Courlander, Harold. Haiti Singing. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Press, 1939.
Courlander and R. Bastien. Religion and Politics in Haiti. Washington, DC: Institute for Cross-Cultural Research, 1966.
Dash, J. Michael. Haiti and the United States: National Stereotypes and the Literary Imagination. London: Macmillan, 1988.
Davis, Wade. Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Press, 1988.
Davis. The Serpent and the Rainbow. New York: Warner Books, 1985.
Denning, Melita and Osborne Phillips. Voudoun Fire: The Living Reality of Mystical Religion. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1979.
Deren, Maya. Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti. Kingston, NY: McPherson, 1953.
Desmangles, Leslie G. The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Press, 1992.
Dunham, Katherine. Island Possessed (1969). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Fatunmbi, Awo Fa'Lokun. Awo: Ifa and the Theology of Orisha Divination. Bronx, NY: Original Publications, 1992.
Ferere, Gerard Alphone. Le Vodouisme Haitien/Haitian Vodouism, Bilingual Edition. Philadelphia: St. Joseph's University Press, 1989.
Gersi, Douchan. Faces in the Smoke: An Explorer's Eyewitness Experiences of the Mysteries of Voodoo, Shamanism, Psychic Healing, and Other Amazing Human Powers. Los Angeles, CA: J.P. Tarcher, 1991.
Gray, John. <>Ashe, Traditional Religion and Healing in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Diaspora. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1989.
Herskovits, Melville J. Life in a Haitian Valley (1937). New York: Doubleday, 1971.
Hurston, Zora Neale. Mules and Men. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1935.
Hurston. Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica. Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott, 1938. English edition is Voodoo Gods. London: J.M. Dent, 1939.
James, C.L.R. The Black Jacobins (1938). London: Allison and Busby, 1980.
Laguerre, M. Voodoo and Politics in Haiti. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989.
Laguerre. Voodoo Heritage. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Library of Social Research, 1980.
Martinie, Louis and Sallie Ann Glassman. The New Orleans Voodoo Tarot. Publication information unknown.
Métraux, A. Voodoo in Haiti. New York: Schocken Books, 1972.
Murphey, Joseph M. Working the Spirit: Ceremonies of the African Diaspora. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1994.
Nicholls, David. From Dessalines to Duvalier. London: Macmillan, 1988.
Pelton, R. The Complete Book of Voodoo. New York: Arco, 1972.
Price-Mars, Jean. Ainsi Parla L'Oncle. Por-au-Prince, Haiti: 1928. Translated as So Spoke the Uncle. Washington, D.C.: Three Continents Press, 1983.
Rigaud, Milo. Secrets of Voodoo. San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1969.
Smith, R.S. Kingdoms of the Yoruba. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1969.
Tallant Robert. Voodoo In New Orleans. Gretna, LA: Pelican Press, 1945.
Teish, Luisah. Jambalaya. New York: Harper and Row, 1985.
Thompson, R.F. Flash of the Spirit. New York: Vintage, 1983.
The Divine Horsemen. Directed by Maya Deren. 1951.
Legacy of the Spirits. Directed by Karen Kramer. 1985.
Plaine du Nord. Directed by Jean-Francois Chalut.
To Serve the Gods. Directed by Karen Kramer and Ira Lowenthal. 1982.
Voodoo and the Church in Haiti. 1989.
Note: As with any creative work, the power to misinform of or sensationalize the facts becomes very great. I advise you not to take the treatment of vodoun in any of the following works at face value. Becoming informed is the best route to being able to appreciate artistic license. Consult the scholarly works listed above to best separate fact from fiction in these creative works.
Brathwaite, Edward. The Arrivants: A New World Trilogy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1973.
Brown, Linda Beatrice. "1940--Winter." In The Rough Road Home. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Press, 1992.
Cineas, J.B. L'Heritage Sacre. Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Henri Deschamps, 1945.
Collins, Nancy A. Tempter. Publication information unknown. Conde, Nicholas. The Religion. Publication information unknown. Novel that the movie The Believers was based upon.
Gibson, William. Count Zero. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1986.
Gibson, William. Mona Lisa Overdrive. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1988.
Hjortsberg, William. Falling Angel. Publication information unknown. Novel that the movie Angel Heart was based upon.
Koontz, Dean R. Darkfall. New York: Berkeley Books, 1984.
Lamming, George. Season of Adventure. London: Michael Joseph, 1960.
Loederer, Richard A. Voodoo Fire in Haiti. New York: The Literary Guild, 1935.
Preiss, Byron and John Betancourt, editors. The Ultimate Zombie. New York: Dell, 1993.
Rhodes, Jewell Parker. Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993.
Roumain, Jacques. Gouverneurs de la Rosee. Translated as Masters of the Dew. London: Heinemann, 1978.
For more information about any of these films, search for the title in the Movie Database
Angel Heart. Directed by Alan Parker. TriStar, 1987.
The Believers. Directed by John Schlesinger. 1987.
Buried Alive. Directed by Joe D'Amato. 1984.
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown. Directed by Dan Hoskins. 1992.
Dr. Terror's House of Horror. Directed by Freddie Francis. 1965.
The Ghost Breakers. Directed by George Marshall. 1940.
I Walked With a Zombie. Directed by Jacques Tourneur. 1943.
King of the Zombies. Directed by Jean Yarbrough. 1941.
Night of the Living Dead. Directed by George A. Romero. 1968.
Night Trap. Directed by David A. Prior. 1993.
Plague of the Zombies. Directed by John Gilling. 1966.
The Serpent and the Rainbow. Directed by Wes Craven. 1988.
True Stories. Directed by David Byrne. Warner Brothers, 1986. Contains a good scene of a houngan performing a vodoun ritual.
Voodoo Island. Directed by Reginald Le Borg. 1957.
The Voodoo Man. Directed by William Beaudine. 1944.
Weekend at Bernie's II. Directed by Robert Klane. 1993.
White Zombie. Directed by Victor Halperin. 1932.
Zombie. Directed by Lucio Fulci. 1979.
Zombies of Mora Tau. Directed by Edward L. Cahn. 1957.
Break the Chain (Kase Chenn). Rara Machine. Shanachie.
"Papa Legba." Talking Heads. On True Stories. Sire Records, 1986.
Rhythms of Rapture: Sacred Musics of Haitian Vodou. Smithsonial/Folkways Recordings.
"Sové." Foula. On Gatherings. Ellipsis Arts.
"VooDoo." Neville Brothers. On Yellow Moon. A&M, 1989.
Vodou Adjae. Boukman Experyans. Mango/Island, 1991.
Note: This is not a comprehensive list. Your additions are welcome. Please send them to shannon@vmedia.com.
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