Vodou: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: NPR - Voodoo and West Africa's spiritual life. Jun 17, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC - Beyond Belief - Vodou. Dec 27, 2025
Add new Web site: Open Wolf Books - World Religions - What is Vodou? Nov 14, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Voodoo and West Africa's spiritual life. Sep 26, 2025
Add new Web site: Unversity of California - eScholarship - Drapo Vodou: Sacred Standards of Haitian Vodou. Aug 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Vodou Harmonizes the Head-Pot, or, Haiti’s Multi-Soul Complex (PDF). Jun 04, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Mississippi - eGrove - The Influences of Vodou on Medical Pluralism and Treatment- Seeking Behavior among Haitian Immigrants in the United States: Suggestions for Cultural Competency Programs (PDF). Apr 09, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Miami Libraries Digital Collections - Voodooism in Haiti. Jul 04, 2024
Add new Web site: The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College - Vodou Value in Haitian Life (PDF). Apr 05, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Vodou is elusive and endangered, but it remains the soul of Haitian people. Feb 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Harvard Web Publishing - Vodou, Serving the Spirits. Dec 22, 2023
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Voodoo. Sep 29, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Vodou's role in Haitian mental health. Nov 07, 2022
Add new Web site: Learn Religions - An Introduction to the Basic Beliefs of the Vodou (Voodoo) Religion. Apr 01, 2022
Article revised to mention the Vodun religion of West Africa. Mar 22, 2021
Added cross-references. May 20, 2020
Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - The Origins of Voodoo, a Misunderstood Religion. Mar 08, 2019
Add new Web site: National Public Radio - Voodoo Brings Solace To Grieving Haitians. Mar 09, 2018
Article revised. Dec 06, 2017
Add new Web site: ReligionFacts - Voodoo. Dec 16, 2016
Add new Web site: LiveScience - Voodoo: Facts About Misunderstood Religion. Dec 16, 2016
Add new Web site: The Mystica.org - Vodoun. Feb 25, 2013
Media added. Oct 13, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - People - How Voodoo Works. Dec 23, 2008
Article revised. Dec 17, 2004
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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