Patrick Bellegarde-Smith
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Patrick Bellegarde-Smith is a professor emeritus of Africology at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Bellegarde-Smith is an associate editor of the Journal of Haitian Studies and former president of the Haitian Studies Association and the Congress of Santa Barbara (KOSANBA), a scholarly association for the study of Vodou and other African-derived religions.[1]
Education
[edit]He earned his PhD in international relations from American University and he holds degrees in comparative politics and history.[1]
Family
[edit]Bellegarde-Smith is the grandson of the Haitian diplomat Dantès Bellegarde.[2] Bellegarde-Smith is an houngan, or Vodou priest.[citation needed]
Books
[edit]- In the Shadow of Powers: Dantès Bellegarde in Haitian Social Thought (1985)
- Haiti: The Breached Citadel (1990) (Second Edition 2004)
- Fragments of Bone: Neo-African Religions in a New World (Editor) (2005)
- Haitian Vodou: Spirit, Myth, and Reality (Co-editor with Claudine Michel) (2006)
- Invisible Powers: Vodou and Development in Haiti (Co-editor with Claudine Michel) (2006)
References
[edit]- ^ "Biography". University of Milwaukee Department of Africology. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ^ Joseph, Celucien. ""Haiti Then and Now" Interviews Professor Patrick Bellegarde-Smith". Haiti Then and Now. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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