Vilokan: References & Edit History
Additional Reading
The concept of Vilokan and the broader subject of Vodou is discussed in Patrick Bellegarde-Smith (ed.), Fragments of Bone: Neo-African Religions in the New World (2005); Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen: Voodoo Gods of Haiti (1972); Leslie G. Desmangles, The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti (1992); Gerdès Fleurant, Dancing Spirits: Rhythms and Rituals of Haitian Vodun, the Rada Rite (1996); Elizabeth A. McAlister, Rara!: Vodou, Power and Performance in Haiti and Its Diaspora (2002); Karen McCarthy Brown, Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn (1991, rev. ed. 2010); Alfred Métraux, Voodoo in Haiti, trans. by Hugo Charteris (1972); and Claudine Michel and Patrick Bellegarde-Smith (eds.), Vodou in Haitian Life and Culture: Invisible Powers (2006).
Article Contributors
Primary Contributors
- Leslie Desmangles
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Added an alternative translation of the terms "Loko-Miwa" and "Agasou-Do-Miwa," in consultation with Karen Richman of the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana. |
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Jul 02, 2015 | |
| New article added. | Aug 18, 2014 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Aug 18, 2014 |