Summary: A down on his luck detective travels from the tough streets of Brooklyn, to the hot jazz clubs of New Orleans, and finally to voodoo rituals in the swamps of Louisiana.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2004

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY ANG

Depestre, René

Summary: "Takes place primarily during carnival in 1938 in the Haitian village of Jacmel. A beautiful young French woman, Hadriana, is about to marry a Haitian boy from a prominent family. But on the morning of the wedding, Hadriana drinks a mysterious potion and collapses at the altar. Transformed into a zombie, her wedding becomes her funeral. She is buried by the town, revived by an evil sorcerer,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Akashic Books 2017

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEP

Zoboi, Ibi Aanu

Summary: In this stunning debut novel, Pushcart nominated author Ibi Zoboi draws on her own experience as a young Haitian immigrant, infusing this lyrical exploration of America with magical realism and vodou culture.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018

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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ZOB

Barnes, Rodney

Summary: When meteors fell to Earth Quinton West was gifted with the power of invulnerability. Seeing others take up hero identities, Quinton decided to help his city of New Orleans in his own way. Using his smarts, creativity and a bit of training from his mentor Glow, Quinton is on his way to becoming Quincredible, hero of New Orleans! But even superheroes must do homework, and Quinton's newest...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 QUI

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BAR

Rochon, Farrah

Summary: Sometimes, life in the Big Easy is tough. No one knows that better than Tiana, though she also believes that hard work can go a long way. But when the notorious Dr. Facilier backs her into a corner, she has no other choice but to accept an offer that will alter the course of her life in an instant. Soon Tiana finds herself in a new reality where all her deepest desires are realized--she finally...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Disney/Hyperion 2022

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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Series Rochon

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ROC

Brown, Diane Marie

Summary: Follows four generations of the Montrose family, who have been living with a curse that leaves any person they fall in love with dead, stemming back to a Voodoo sorceress in 1950s New Orleans' French Quarter.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Graydon House 2023

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRO

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRO

Summary: I walked with a zombie: A nurse is hired to care for the wife of a sugar plantation owner, who has been acting strangely, on a Caribbean island.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY HORROR I

Summary: The exceptional young witches at Miss Robichaux's Academy are under assault by forces of ignorance and hate. Caught in the turmoil is new arrival, Zoe, who harbors a terrifying secret of her own. Fiona, a Supreme Witch with unimaginable powers, is determined to protect the Coven, but her obsessive quest for immortality will lead her to cross paths with a formidable voodoo queen and a murderous...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AME

Summary: The musical culture of Haitian Vodou, long shrouded in an aura of black magic, is brilliantly unveiled in this recording. Largely recorded in the field, both urban and rural Vodou ceremonial music are captured with state-of-the-art fidelity. The CD is accompanied by photographs, essays, interviews with Vodou practioners, poems, proverbs, folk tales, and more.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Ellipsis Arts 1997

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/CARIBBEAN ANG

Alvarado, Denise

Summary: "Marie Laveau may be the most influential-and is among the most famous-American practitioner of the magical arts. She is the subject of songs, films, and legends and the star of New Orleans ghost tours. Her grave in New Orleans ranks among the most popular spiritual pilgrimages in the US. This book explores Laveau's life and work-the history and mystery. It gives an overview of New Orleans...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Weiser Books 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299.6 ALV

James, Chantal

Summary: ""None but the righteous" is a southern gothic fever dream, a voodoo-laced journey through the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Set adrift when his hometown of New Orleans is ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, Ham struggles for belonging between the Atlanta home ofa childhood friend and the rural Alabama home of the mother of his child. As he reckons with his impending fatherhood, Ham navigates his new...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2022

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JAM

Summary: Along with being a filmmaker, Deren was a choreographer, dancer, film theorist, poet, lecturer and photographer, and she brings all of these disciplines together in her dreamlike and ecstatic films. Her most famous and influential is Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), co-directed with Alexander Hammid, which depicts a surrealist slippage in reality as a woman's home becomes a shifting landscape of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE MAY

Contents: Le roi des anges (:58) -- Bode bode alou mandiae (2:16) -- Signale agouet aroyo (1:50) -- Min dior gui (:28) -- Rhythme rassemblement (1:31) -- Hounfor-la hountour-la (:41) -- Ouvre baryè (4:30) -- Legba nan payi vodou (4:09) -- Hounthor rele hounthor (:22) -- Rythme mahi (5:56) -- Yanvalou loko (2:32) -- Loko an eh (2:46) -- Nou-la ogoun oh (:35) -- Ossagne (2:08) -- Rythme simbi (:52) -- Kita...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Buda musique 2004

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/CARIBBEAN HAI

Contents: Badè / Rara Machine -- Azouke legba / Vodou Le -- Bosou djo eya / Port-au-Prince Mayi -- Pale-m mal / RAM -- Legba plante 'I poto / Master drummer Coyote -- Vye gran o prete mwen chwai la / Zepol Rhythm -- Simbi dio Frisner Augustin and La Troupe Makandal -- Guantanamo song / Rara Inorab Kapab -- Konbit zaka / Boukman Eksperyans -- Laserenal / Premye Nimewo Group -- Kadja kadja nou tande /...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian/Folkways 1995

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/CARIBBEAN RHY

Sonneborn, Liz

Summary: The tiny Caribbean nation of Haiti was devastated by a massive earthquake. Since then, it has struggled to make a complete recovery, suffering setbacks such as a 2016 hurricane that left thousands dead. But despite these difficulties, Haiti remains a remarkable nation. Readers will learn all about Haitian history and culture. They will also find out how the country is governed, what drives its...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.94 SON