David Brooks is right that culture and habits matter, but this one line rang false: There is the influence of the voodoo religion, which spreads the message that life is capricious and planning ...

It has suffered from a bad press internationally but is an official religion in the West African country of Benin. In the voodoo heartland of Ouidah, the sound of drums fills the air, while men ...

In Haiti’s Voodoo religion, a zombie was a reanimated corpse, brought to life by witch doctors using magic or drugs. However they didn’t eat brains or gang up on the living — those ideas are ...

Your Guide to KC: Star culture and identity writer J.M. Banks is acting as a tour guide of sorts to some well-known and ...

She discovered at that choir practice that the Haitian Creole songs the group sang that day were meant to honor the spirits, or “Loa,” who in the Voodoo religion serve as intermediaries ...

There are many legends associated with the voodoo religion. Her rituals are surrounded by an aura of mystery. The small West African state of Benin is considered the cradle of this religion.

Protestants say the voodoo spirit does not embody good virtues, while Catholicism, which has been the official religion of Haiti since 1860, has over the years evolved to tolerate some cultural ...