by KarenMccarthyBrown (Author)
Mama Lola shatters the stereotypes by offering an intimate portrait of Vodou in everyday life. The author tells tales spanning five generations of Vodou healers in Mama Lola's family, beginning with an African ancestor and ending with Claudine Michel's account of working with Mama Lola after the Haitian earthquake.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 472
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 21 Apr 2011
ISBN 10: 0520268105
ISBN 13: 9780520268104