Patrick Bellegarde-Smith


Patrick Bellegarde-Smith is a professor emeritus of Africology at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Bellegarde-Smith is an associate editor of the Journal of Haitian Studies and former president of the Haitian Studies Association and the Congress of Santa Barbara, a scholarly association for the study of Vodou and other African-derived religions.

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 Haiti: The Breached Citadel Fragments of Bone: Neo-African Religions in a New World Haitian Vodou: Spirit, Myth, and Reality