PICTURED: Saint-Claire-Ayizan, an example of a Voodoo Lwa or Loa. She is believed to be spiritually present only at Voodoo initiation rituals and rarely makes herself available for anything else. She is rather aloof. Good for her. You know what gets a bad rap? Haitian Voodoo — and that’s not fair. Voodoo, in it’s true form, is a complex combo of Roman Catholic and ancient African tribal beliefs. It is an interesting religion and a rather sensible one too. Voodoo
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“Every phony who had a microphone took a moment to patronize Sidibe solely because she is black and enormously fat. Sorry but that is the sad truth. Another sad truth is that Hollywood treats black people like cute little pets and not as human beings. I am sure that Miss Sidibe is an inwardly beautiful and talented person, but she is dangerously overweight from carrying both a lot of her own fat and the weight of all the false praise Hollywood has heaped upon her back.” [David
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