In Haitian Vodou, spirits impact Black people’s everyday lives, removing any divides between the sacred and the secular and manifesting in vivid, creative displays of ceremonial fashion.
Dr. Eziaku Atuama Nwokocha’s book, Vodou en Vogue, pioneers a new path in Vodou, Anthropology, and Africana studies, providing poignant connections between fashion and the senses through a Black feminist ethnographic study. Through insights gained from over a decade of participant observation in contemporary Vodou ceremonies in Montreal, New York, Miami, Boston, Port-au-Prince and Jacmel, Dr. Nwokocha illustrates how, within the religious and social life of Vodou, fashion contributes to transnational communal identity formation in the African Diaspora.
This special book presentation spotlights Haitian Vodou priestess, Manbo Marie Maude Evans of Sosyete Nago, while illuminating the book’s key interventions in spirit possession, material culture, labor, gender, race and sexuality in Haitian Vodou. |
GODmama: Great Mother of Power
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION featuring the work of Woosler Delisfort "My latest projects focus on spirituality, but more specifically, understanding the role priestesses of Vodun, Santeria, and Ifa occupy within their communities. I have been documenting ceremonies and noticed the many roles the priestess serve during ceremonies. Through further research and observation, I’ve learned the power of priestess to conjure ancestral energies through chant, music, dance, and drumming. These women also serve as spiritual leaders who nurture communities as earthly mothers. I’ve had the honor to document and partake in various ceremonies where I’ve unearthed elements of saced Vodun art, music and dance."
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Jean-Sebastien Duvilaire |
Dr. Eziaku Atuama Nwokocha |
Please welcome our fabulous chef at RASANBLE,
Pierre-Richard Leurbourg. In addition to his Folkloric dance studies and training, Pierre also shares a love for food. Haitian food! To further enhance his skills, Pierre attended culinary school in Haiti. Nourish your body at RASANBLE! and savor the tastes of Diri ak Pwa, Poul, Griot, Lalo, Sos Ti Malis, Pikliz, and Bannann Peze. |
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