The Voodoo Museum "is an entry point for people who are curious, who want to see what's behind this stuff," says anthropologist Martha Ward. Shown here is an altar with voodoo dolls left by visitors.

Voodoo originated in the West African country of Benin and later took shape in Haiti, during the transatlantic slave trade. Black was initiated to it in the Crescent City. “It’s a way of life ...

Voodoo is practiced by around 12% of the West African country's population of 13 million ... Voodoo "is extraordinary and we as Africans must do everything we can to promote this culture," he said.

Voodoo Doughnut IMAGE: rayb777/Flickr.. The images Honoré decries as racist include the signature Voodoo Doll doughnut, which is coated in chocolate and depicts a frosted re-creation of an effigy ...

Art by Mawhyah Milton. Source photo: Library of Congress. When author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in September 1936, she wasted no time penning a letter ...