Patrick Bellegarde-Smith
Patrick Bellegarde-Smith is a professor of Africology at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Smith is an associate editor of the Journal of Haitian Studies.[1]
Education
He earned his PhD in international relations from American University and he holds degrees in comparative politics and history.
Family
Bellegarde-Smith is the grandson of the Haitian diplomat Dantès Bellegarde. Bellegarde-Smith is an houngan, or Vodou priest.
Books
- In the Shadow of Powers: Dantès Bellegarde in Haitian Social Thought (1985)
- Haiti: The Breached Citadel (1990) (Second Edition 2004)
- Fragments of Bone: Neo-African Religions in a New World (Editor) (2005)
- Haitian Vodou: Spirit, Myth, and Reality (Co-editor with Claudine Michel) (2006)
- Invisible Powers: Vodou and Development in Haiti (Co-editor with Claudine Michel) (2006)
References
- ↑ "Biography". University of Milwaukee Department of Africology. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- UW–Milwaukee Africology Faculty of Patrick Bellegarde-Smith
- Patrick Bellegarde-Smith - Haitian-American leader - Interview
- UWM professor holds hope for rebuilding Haiti
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