“Gede (ancestral spirits) and all the others are always present anytime they are called upon. We feel as if they are with us always and they hear us whenever we call on them.”

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Feb 21

Manbo Amelia Ingrid Llera (ah-mee-lee-yah een-grid yeh-rah)

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IMAGE SOURCE: Amelia Ingrid Llera. “Water Mother Water.” Facebook. 10 Aug 2015. | TEXT SOURCE: Dennis Dorcas. “Houngas and Mambos of the Diaspora: The Role of Vodou Ritual Specialists in Group Reintegration, Identity Creation and the Production of H… — IMAGE SOURCE: Amelia Ingrid Llera. “Water Mother Water.” Facebook. 10 Aug 2015. | TEXT SOURCE: Dennis Dorcas. “Houngas and Mambos of the Diaspora: The Role of Vodou Ritual Specialists in Group Reintegration, Identity Creation and the Production of Health among Haitians in Little Haiti.” Thesis. Florida International University. 30 Mar. 2012.

QUOTE CONTEXT: “Loas (spirits) bring you relief just as your psychologist would, by questioning you and suggesting ways to deal with your issues.”

QUOTE QUESTION: Who or what remains always present for you to call upon in need?

IMAGE CONTEXT: “Dlo Manman Dlo Sove Lavi Zanfan Yo Sove Ayiti (Water Mother Water Save The Lives Of Children Save Haiti)”

IMAGE QUESTION: Where do you stand to invoke the healing power of water?

MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from an interview in an academic thesis. The photo is from a Facebook post.

MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: How do you decide whether academic publications or social media posts are better suited to share your People’s wisdom with the wider world?

“Gede (ancestral spirits) and all the others are always present anytime they are called upon. We feel as if they are with us always and they hear us whenever we call on them.”

Manbo Amelia Ingrid Llera (ah-mee-lee-yah een-grid yeh-rah)

“Do not forget Vodou is our culture and our religion at the same time. Don't forget we are descendants of Africans. We're born in Vodou.”

“Vodou comes from the enslaved people of Africa… They walked all over the world and came here to our land. This is the way we came to have the vodou spirit within us.”