Tell My Horse
Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica
New York : Harper Perennial, 2009.
Format: Book
Edition: First Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition.
Description: viii, 311, 16 pages : illustrations, music ; 21 cm.
The author recounts her experiences as an initiate into the voodoo practices of Haiti and Jamaica in the 1930s.
Series: Harper Perennial modern classics.
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.
Subjects:
Vodou -- Haiti.
Vodou -- Jamaica.
Haiti -- Description and travel.
Jamaica -- Description and travel.
Vodou -- Haiti.
Vodou -- Jamaica.
Haiti -- Description and travel.
Jamaica -- Description and travel.
ISBN:
9780061695131
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"With an afterword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr."--Cover.
"P.S. insights, interviews & more ..."--Cover.
Originally published in hardcover: J.B. Lippincott, ©1938. First Perennial Library edition published, 1990.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-304).
"P.S. insights, interviews & more ..."--Cover.
Originally published in hardcover: J.B. Lippincott, ©1938. First Perennial Library edition published, 1990.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-304).