Benjamin Hebblethwaite


Benjamin Hebblethwaite is an associate professor in the department of languages, literatures, and cultures at the University of Florida, current recipient of a National Endowment of the Humanities fellowship, and the author of A Transatlantic History of Haitian Vodou and Vodou Songs in Haitian Creole and English.

 

Articles by Benjamin Hebblethwaite
A woman frowns as she balances a bag of rice on her head. The bag is printed with the red stripes and blue field of stars of the American flag.
A woman frowns as she balances a bag of rice on her head. The bag is printed with the red stripes and blue field of stars of the American flag.
A linoleum print illustrates the Haitian Creole word koltiz.
A linoleum print illustrates the Haitian Creole word koltiz.
A Vodouist walks to Bawon Samdi's tomb during Fèt Gede at the Cité Soleil Cemetery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Nov. 1, 2018.
A Vodouist walks to Bawon Samdi's tomb during Fèt Gede at the Cité Soleil Cemetery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Nov. 1, 2018.
Students look at booklets at their desks on the first day back to school at the National School of Tabarre in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Sept. 5, 2016.
Students look at booklets at their desks on the first day back to school at the National School of Tabarre in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Sept. 5, 2016.