... New Orleans Voodoo Mississippi River Valley Voodoo Vodú Louisiana Clementine Barnabet Manbo Marie Maude Evans As related religious traditions that emerged from experiences of the transatlantic slave trade, both Haitian Vodou and Louisiana Voodoo have been shaped in social contexts in which...

... Vodun. Ultimately, Lower Mississippi River Valley Voodoo, both in New Orleans and elsewhere, is best understood as a historical religion rather than a living tradition. Contemporary practitioners of “New Orleans Voodoo” are constructing an emerging religion from elements of African diasporic belief...