Last week we were so privileged to have Dr. Eric King Watts come to class and present. If you're like me, whey you saw he was into zombies, you probably rolled your eyes and sighed. I don't dig the zombie thing now, but what I do dig is the afro-carribean zombie history and culture. That just blows my mind.
I was first interested in the zombie history a few years back when I was sitting at home with my dad watching TV. My dad and I like to watch the "nonsense" shows, or the ones that seem a little crazy and out there. This show was all about underground religions around the world. It touched on VooDoo and Zombie Religion. I was so caught up in how these people think you can make a zombie.
Here is a link to one clip, but this might not have been from the exact video I watched. This clip talks about how VooDoo is a religion in Haiti, not just an "evil".
The show also talked about how there is this concoction that you can give the person you want to be a zombie. Whether this is actually the case or it is psychological placebo we won't know, but nonetheless, this is crazy to me and it just fascinates me beyond belief. I could sit for hours and watch the many Youtube videos out about Haitian Zombie VooDoo, but that's just because I like to learn about things I can't understand.
Just as Dr. Watts eluded to, there's more to the zombie culture than The Walking Dead or other current zombie narratives, it is a lifestyle to some people, and not in the joking manner Americans might call The Walking Dead a lifestyle.
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