A review by caitjones0310
Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn by Karen McCarthy Brown

3.0

Read for my gender studies/religious studies class. Really enjoyed actually reading what vodou is as I have only ever encountered it in its westernised/ appropriated state. Very enjoyable, not too heavy, especially the shorter chapters that traced back Alourdes' family to her great grandfather and analysed how their familial spiritual connection to vodou was passed down, culminating in Alourdes' role as a mambo in Brooklyn