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Max Beauvoir
Max Gesner Beauvoir (August 25, 1936 – September 12, 2015) was a Haitian biochemist and ''houngan''. Beauvoir held one of the highest titles of Voudou priesthood, Ati or "Supreme Serviteur" (supreme servant), a title given to Houngans and Mambos (Voudou priests and priestesses) who have a great and very deep knowledge of the religion, and status within the religion. As Supreme Serviteur, Max was seen as a high authority within Vodou. Biography Beauvoir was born on August 25, 1936, in Haiti. He left Haiti in the 1950s and graduated in 1958 from City College of New York with a degree in chemistry. He continued his studies at the University of Paris, Sorbonne from 1959 to 1962, when he graduated with a degree in biochemistry. First employed by a mining company in the mountains of Nimba (Liberia), he returned to the U.S. where, in 1965, at Cornell Medical Center, he supervised a team in synthesizing metabolic steroids. This led him to a job at an engineering company in northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Haiti (1859-1957)
A republic, based on the Latin phrase ''res publica'' ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a state in which political power rests with the public (people), typically through their representatives—in contrast to a monarchy. Although a republic is most often a single sovereign state, subnational state entities that have governments that are republican in nature may be referred to as republics. Representation in a republic may or may not be freely elected by the general citizenry. In many historical republics, representation has been based on personal status and the role of elections has been limited. This remains true today; among the 159 states that use ''republic'' in their official names , and other states formally constituted as republics, are states that narrowly constrain both the right of representation and the process of election. The term developed its modern meaning in reference to the constitution of the ancient Roman Republic, lasting from the overthrow of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haitian Voodoo
Haitian Vodou () is an African diasporic religion that developed in Haiti between the 16th and 19th centuries. It arose through a process of syncretism between several traditional religions of West and Central Africa and Roman Catholicism. There is no central authority in control of the religion and much diversity exists among practitioners, who are known as Vodouists, Vodouisants, or Serviteurs. Vodou teaches the existence of a transcendent creator divinity, Bondye, under whom are spirits known as . Typically deriving their names and attributes from traditional West and Central African deities, they are equated with Roman Catholic saints. The divide into different groups, the ("nations"), most notably the Rada and the Petwo, about whom various myths and stories are told. This theology has been labelled both monotheistic and polytheistic. An initiatory tradition, Vodouists commonly venerate the at an (temple), run by an (priest) or (priestess). Alternatively, Vodou is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 Births
Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funeral of George V, State funeral of George V of the United Kingdom. After a procession through London, he is buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. * February 4 – Radium E (bismuth-210) becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically. * February 6 – The 1936 Winter Olympics, IV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. * February 10–February 19, 19 – Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Amba Aradam – Italian forces gain a decisive tactical victory, effectively neutralizing the army of the Ethiopian Empire. * February 16 – 1936 Spanish general election: The left-wing Popular Front (Spain), Popular Front coalition takes a majority. * February 26 – February 26 Incident (二・二六事件, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Serpent And The Rainbow (book)
The Serpent and the Rainbow can refer to: * ''The Serpent and the Rainbow'' (book), a 1985 book by Wade Davis * ''The Serpent and the Rainbow'' (film), a 1988 horror film based on the book {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wade Davis (anthropologist)
Edmund Wade Davis (born December 14, 1953) is a Canadian cultural anthropology, cultural anthropologist, ethnobotany, ethnobotanist, photographer, and writer. Davis came to prominence with his 1985 best-selling book ''The Serpent and the Rainbow (book), The Serpent and the Rainbow'' about the zombies of Haiti. He is professor of anthropology and the BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia. Early life, family, and education Davis was born in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He holds degrees in anthropology and biology, and earned his Ph.D. in ethnobotany, all from Harvard University. In 1974, at age 20, Davis crossed the Darién Gap on foot in the company of the English author and amateur explorer Sebastian Snow. Career Beyond his scientific career, Davis is also an active writer, photographer, and filmmaker. He is a licensed river guide and has worked as a park ranger and forestry engineer. Anthropology and ethnobo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an independent teachers college, UCSB joined the University of California system in 1944. It is the third-oldest undergraduate campus in the system, after University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley and University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA. UCSB's campus sits on the oceanfront site of a converted WWII-era United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps air station. UCSB is organized into three undergraduate colleges (UCSB College of Letters and Science, Letters and Science, UCSB College of Engineering, Engineering, College of Creative Studies, Creative Studies) and two graduate schools (Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, Education and Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, Environmental Science & Management), offering more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KOSANBA
KOSANBA is a scholarly association dedicated to the study of Haitian Vodou. Founding The organization was founded in 1997 at the Center for Black Studies Research of the University of California, Santa Barbara, then under the directorship of Claudine Michel. Dr. Michel serves as executive director of KOSANBA. Thirteen scholars met for a colloquium on Haitian Vodou titled ''The Spirit and The Reality: Vodou and Haiti'' on April 25–26, 1997. At the end of the conference, they decided to institutionalize their efforts through a new association under the name ''The Congress of Santa Barbara''. Using the Haitian Creole name for ''congress'' (''kóngre'') with the ''San-'' and ''Ba-'' of ''Santa Barbara'', the abbreviation KOSANBA was born. Ongoing activities According to their declaration, KOSANBA "proposes to have an impact on Haitian cultural politics as well as on other measures and policies that affect the Republic of Haiti ... It is the belief of the Congress that Vodou plays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Temple Of Yehwe
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonton Macoutes
The Tonton Macoute () or simply the Macoute, was a Haitian paramilitary and secret police force created in 1959 by dictator François Duvalier, François "Papa Doc" Duvalier. Haitians named this force after the Haitian mythology, Haitian mythological bogeyman, ("Sack Man, Uncle Gunnysack"), who kidnaps and punishes unruly children by snaring them in a gunny sack () before carrying them off to be consumed for breakfast. The Macoute were known for their brutality, state terrorism, and assassinations. In 1970, the militia was renamed the ' (VSN, ). Though formally disbanded in 1986, its members continued to terrorize the country. History After the July 1958 Haitian coup attempt against President François Duvalier, he purged the army and law enforcement agencies in Haiti and executed numerous officers perceived to be a threat to his regime. To counteract such activity, he created a military force that bore several names. In 1959, his paramilitary force was called the ("Hooded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
