Voodoo in Haiti

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This is a masterwork of observation and description by one of the most distinguished anthropologists of the 20th century. Alfred Metraux has written a rich and lasting study of the lives and rituals of the Haitian Mambos and of the history and origins of their religion. It is an accurate and engaging account of one of the most fascinating and misunderstood cultures in the world.

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Mtrauxs book is a landmark in the serious study of Afro-Atlantic religion. The breadth and subtlety of its approach is such that it remains an essential classic of Afro-American ethnology. Robert Farris Thompson, professor of art history, Yale University, author of Flash of the Spirit

This is a work deserving of wide-readership, and assured of it by its understanding and appeal. Library Journal

This book gives what is surely the most authoritative general account of that complex of belief and practice called vaudoo available in literature. . . . No other observer of vaudoo has contributed to its study the exquisite documentation of detail that marks the work of Alfred Mtraux. Sidney W. Mintz, professor of anthropology, Johns Hopkins University

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ALFRED M TRAUX was a Swiss anthropologist, ethnologist and human rights leader. A dedicated humanitarian, he brought the brilliance of South American Indian cultures to light, solved the mysteries of Easter Island, taught the world about voodoo, and defined the United Nations' stand against racism. Winner of theGuggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, his books includeVoodoo in Haiti,The History of the IncasandEaster Island. At the time of his death, he was Professor of South American Anthropology at the cole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris.