Peaceful protests over the fatal police shooting of a Black “violence interrupter” in Washington, DC, turned violent Tuesday evening when protesters threw bottles and rocks at police ...

Beauvoir’s grandfather had been a houngan, or priest, and had selected Beauvoir to carry on the faith. Beauvoir did so, with enthusiasm. Abandoning his scientific research and commercial work ...

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Figures such as its leader, General Toussaint Louverture; Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who became the first ruler of an independent Haiti; Dutty Boukman who was leader of the Maroons and a vodou priest, ...

or houngan; the first and only King of Haiti Henri Christophe, and others. Their stories have been chronicled and commemorated through time. Marie Jeanne Lamartiniére, portrayed by artist ...

Like her male counterpart, the oungan (or houngan), she performs ceremonies, initiations, healings, and divinations,” according to an article on the Harvard University website. Vodou is an ...