Title: Tell my horse : voodoo and life in Haiti and Jamaica /
Authors: Hurston, Zora Neale; Gates, Henry Louis,
Publisher: Harper Perennial,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Vodou Haiti; Vodou Jamaica.; Haiti Description and travel; Jamaica Description and travel.
Abstract: The author recounts her experiences as an initiate into the voodoo practices of Haiti and Jamaica in the 1930s.
Contents: pt. I. Jamaica. The rooster's nest -- Curry goat -- Hunting the wild hog -- Night song after death -- Women in the Caribbean -- pt. II. Politics and personalities of Haiti. Rebirth of a nation -- The next hundred years -- The black Joan of Arc -- Death of Leconte -- pt. III. Voodoo in Haiti. Voodoo and voodoo gods -- Isle de la Gonave -- Archahaie and what it means -- Zombies -- Secte rouge -- Parlay cheval ou (tell my horse) -- Graveyard dirt and other poisons -- Doctor Reser -- God and the Pintards -- Appendix. Songs of worship to voodoo gods -- Miscellaneous songs.