Encyclopedia of African Religion

Ezili Freda as their mèt tèt will be expected to be
a bit frivolous and yet quite generous.
The dynamic relationship between the living
and the Lwa underscores the depth and extent of
the Vodu religion in Haiti because the Lwa are
truly an intricate and constant part of the
Voduists’ consciousness and reality.

Ama Mazama

SeealsoPetwo; Rada; Vodou in Haiti

Further Readings

Deren, M. (1972).The Divine Horsemen:The Vodu
Gods of Haiti. New York: Delta.

Desmangles, L. (1994).Faces of the Gods.Vodou and

Roman Catholicism in Haiti. Chapel Hill: University

of North Carolina Press.

Mazama, A. (2005). Vodu. In M. K. Asante &

A. Mazama (Eds.),Encyclopedia of Black Studies

(pp. 468–471). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

McCarthy Brown, K. (1991).Mama Lola:A Vodou

Priestess in Brooklyn. Berkeley: University of

California Press.

Métraux, A. (1958).Le Vaudou Haitien[Haitian Vodu].

Paris: Gallimard.

Rigaux, M. (1953).La Tradition Voudoo et Voudoo

Haitien:Son Temple,Ses Mystères,Sa Magie[Vodu

Tradition and Haitian Vodu: Its Temple, Mysteries

and Magic]. Paris: Editions Niclaus.

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