The situation of Haitian immigrants has been a hot topic during the last months. Thousands of migrants have reached the USA through dangerous pathways via the Mexican border dominated by violent people-smuggling gangs. Camping in insecure regions, they have been … Continue reading The Deportation of Haitian Immigrants: History Repeats Itself
Earthquakes, or any natural disaster, are just as unpredictable in their destruction today as they were in the past. Medical professionals vaccinated more than 2.3 billion people, 30% of the world’s population. Despite the presence of positive news, disasters continue, … Continue reading Earthquakes: Their Source and Infamous Presence in the Past and Present
Welcome back to another week of the anthropology in fashion series, where we learn about the traditional dresses from one region in the world every week. From this week we’ll start looking into traditional clothing from the different regions in … Continue reading Anthropology in Fashion: Cultural Clothing in the Greater Antilles and Lucayan Archipelago
When people come across the topic of voodoo, they may picture macabre thoughts such as dolls with needles, sacrifices, and maybe even dead animals. However, practice is so much more than that. To several, it is their culture, religion, sacred … Continue reading Anthropology: Vodun, Vodou, and Voodoo
Haiti is officially the Republic of Haiti and formerly known as Haiti, the island of Hispaniola on the islands of Greater Antilica in the Caribbean Islands. It consists of three and eight islands on the island that joins the Dominican … Continue reading Travel Guide: History of Haiti and the Best Places to Visit on the Mountainous Island
https://adventure.com/ Be honest: what is the very first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word “voodoo”? Is it a scary-looking ragdoll, for people to stick pins and needles into? Is it a mysterious man, dressed in a tail coat and a top hat, with a skull painted on his face? Or maybe is it some kind of hex you have heard of, like that of turning someone’s picture upside down to give them a headache? It is fine, you can admit it. After all, you – and most people that do not practice Vodou, myself included! … Continue reading Anthropology of Voodoo Culture: A Journey through Myth and History
Genyen’s men and children swished around cracks between the shacks surrounding the main road. Daniel Hardy had to squint his sixty-year-old eyes against the muggy mid-afternoon and the Haitian sun, but he saw the marks. Etched on each shoulder, by … Continue reading From the Land of Hunger and Thirst