@Tair expanding on the use of Vodou in war.
One reason why you have gang leaders in Haiti who are in their early 20s and going to war against the local police and conquering large stretches of territory in the nation's capital is because those young men are using Vodou for evil
Theyre using elements that helped our ancestors win their independence and doing acts of evil.
In 1915 - the reason why it took the US Marines almost 5 years to fully conquer the nation after invading is because of the warfare element in Vodou.
The reason why France, Britain, and Spain was defeated was because of Vodou.
France successfully conquered all their colonies and re-enslaved all of them - except their most prized possession: The French Colony of Saint-Domingue.
Those blood feuds are an anchor to collective Black progress. That, and the media's assault and negative projection on anything associated with Black people.
The American media demonized Vodou heavily, and kind of still do in attempting to link it to European devil worship/witchcraft. I am learning that a lot of our spiritual systems were very detailed/intricate/complex - more so than later spiritual/religious systems.