Haitian Vodou: Spirit, Myth, And Reality Edited byPatrick Bellegarde-Smith,Claudine MichelHaitian Vodou breaks away from European and American heuristic models for understanding a religio philosophical system such as Vodou in order to form new approaches with an African ethos. The contributors to this volume, all Haitians, examine the potentially radical and transformative possibilities of the religious and philosophical ideologies of Vodou and locate its foundations more clearly within an African heritage. Essays examine Vodou's roles in