- The history of zombies12:
- Zombies have their origins in Equatorial and Central Africa.
- African people were enslaved and brought to the Caribbean Islands, where a religion known as vodou developed.
- Vodou beliefs included the idea that a person's soul could be captured and stored, becoming a body-less zombie.
- Zombie folklore in Haiti may have originated in the 17th century when West African slaves worked on sugar cane plantations.
- The life (or afterlife) of a zombie represented the horrific plight of slavery.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.Zombies have a distinct lineage— one that traces back to Equatorial and Central Africa. For three centuries, African people were enslaved and brought to the Caribbean Islands. There, a religion known as vodou developed, along with the belief that a person's soul can be captured and stored, becoming a body-less zombie.www.ted.com/talks/christopher_m_moreman_the_…Zombie folklore has been around for centuries in Haiti, possibly originating in the 17th century when West African slaves were brought in to work on Haiti’s sugar cane plantations. Brutal conditions left the slaves longing for freedom. According to some reports, the life—or rather afterlife—of a zombie represented the horrific plight of slavery.www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-zombies - People also ask
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A zombie (Haitian French: zombi, Haitian Creole: zonbi, Kikongo: zumbi) is a mythological undead corporeal revenant created through the reanimation of a corpse. In modern popular culture, zombies are most commonly found in horror and fantasy genre works. The term comes from Haitian folklore, in which a zombie is a dead body reanimated through various methods, most commonly
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