Books
Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn
Karen McCarthy Brown · 1991
Landmark ethnography of Vodou in the Haitian diaspora.
Source: University of California Press
References
The knowledge library
Every item carries a source. Bibliographic references are part of the pedagogy: knowing where a claim comes from is as important as the claim itself.
Books
Avengers of the New World
Laurent Dubois · 2004
History of the Haitian Revolution.
Source: Harvard University Press
Academic research
The Spirits and the Law: Vodou and Power in Haiti
Kate Ramsey · 2011
Legal history of the criminalisation of Vodou.
Source: University of Chicago Press
Academic research
Santería Enthroned: Art, Ritual, and Innovation
David H. Brown · 2003
Formation and material culture of Lukumí in Cuba.
Source: University of Chicago Press
Historical documents
Code Noir (1685)
Kingdom of France · 1685
Colonial decree mandating baptism and forbidding non-Catholic worship.
Source: French colonial archives
Historical documents
Jamaican Obeah Act
Colony of Jamaica · 1760 onward
Founding text of anti-Obeah legislation.
Source: Colonial statute books
Interviews
Conversations with Haitian manbo and houngan
Platform editorial · Ongoing
Practitioner interviews recorded with consent and review.
Source: ROOTS editorial archive
Videos
Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou (exhibition record)
Donald Cosentino (ed.) · 1995
Museum documentation of Vodou material culture.
Source: UCLA Fowler Museum
Podcasts
Diaspora listening series
Platform editorial · Ongoing
Audio conversations on Caribbean and African religious history.
Source: ROOTS editorial archive
Oral histories
Lakou memory project
Community contributors · Ongoing
Family accounts of lineage service, published with permission.
Source: ROOTS editorial archive
Maps
Routes of the transatlantic trade
SlaveVoyages database · Ongoing
Documented voyage data linking African regions to the Americas.
Source: slavevoyages.org
Glossary
Cross-tradition terminology index
Platform editorial · Ongoing
Terms with origin, tradition and frequent confusions.
Source: ROOTS editorial archive