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From the 16th century, kidnapped West African ancestors brought water spirits across the Atlantic and introduced them to the New World: the simbi from the Congo, the orisha (like Oshun) from Nigeria, or the vodun (like Ayida Wedo) from the Fon.
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Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Kidjo comes from the former slave port of Ouidah, whose vodun religion left a defining mark on the diaspora—a fact that she’s savvily employed to position herself as its worldliest musical medium.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2022
There’s also the free-spirit artist Nola Darling from She’s Gotta Have it and activist healer Nova Bordelon from Queen Sugar who uses weed in her vodun practice.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 20 Apr. 2021
The author, who lives in Chicago and works at an ad agency, grew up in Alabama and as a child learned of vodun, a religion that later found offshoots in voodoo.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2017
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Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Kidjo comes from the former slave port of Ouidah, whose vodun religion left a defining mark on the diaspora—a fact that she’s savvily employed to position herself as its worldliest musical medium.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2022
There’s also the free-spirit artist Nola Darling from She’s Gotta Have it and activist healer Nova Bordelon from Queen Sugar who uses weed in her vodun practice.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 20 Apr. 2021
The author, who lives in Chicago and works at an ad agency, grew up in Alabama and as a child learned of vodun, a religion that later found offshoots in voodoo.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2017
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“Vodun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vodun. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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