Autor/Autorin: Sarkisova - Kouamé Vlada
Researcher at the University of Félix Houphouët-Boigny in the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire. Ph.D in philology. Research fields: philology, folklore, popular beliefs, occultism.
This article deals with a cultural, historical, folkloric and social phenomenon: the origin of voodoo, Haitian zombies and the beliefs and folklore associated with them. The analysis of popular beliefs and folklore notions leads to the discovery of the link between this phenomenon and the history of the slave trade, and shows a certain sharing of salt-related beliefs in the folklore of the world's peoples.