Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn Summary
Karen McCarthy Brown

Everything you need to understand or teach Mama Lola by Karen McCarthy Brown.

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Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn Summary

This book, Mama Lola, A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn, is an exploration into one woman's life and family heritage, and how she comes into the role of a healer and 'manbo' within the Vodou religion. The story begins with Mama Lola's great grandfather and winds its way through the various generations into the story of Alourdes (a.k.a. Mama Lola) and her ministry in Brooklyn, New York. Like many who...

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