Roland Littlewood's View Of Zombis In Haitian Culture

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Roland Littlewood discusses zombies in Haitian culture by telling of his experiences with zombis in Haiti. He gives several examples, like the one where a boy suddenly died and was seen a while later. He blamed his uncle for turning him into a zombi, but the uncle denied the whole thing. Littlewood then offers his opinion, based on the circumstances, that it could be possible that the uncle didn’t have anything to do with it. By describing these events with a narrative approach, Littlewood shows the perspective of zombification on a firsthand level. Roland then examines zombis as an anthropologist by discussing different reasons why this phenomenon still exists and how the people handle it. He explains that the concept of a zombi in Haiti