Name: Tell My Horse
ISBN: 9780060916497

Zora Neale Hurston

The author recounts her experiences as an initiate into the voodoo practices of Haiti and Jamaica in the 1930s

Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica

Tell My Horse

Lara Engle

Reading Zora Neale Hurston's perspective on Jamaica and Haiti in the 1930s is interesting, especially when you consider it as a part of her adventurous life. The best parts of this book are the parts told in her voice, showing us what she experienced first-hand. But large portions of the book are dry descriptions of rituals or beliefs, and those parts were less successful, in my opinion. Her writing is always clear and descriptive, but I just didn't find those parts as interesting as the people she met and the experiences she had with them.

Tell My Horse Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica