American Voudou: Journey Into a Hidden World - Paperbackby Rod Davis (Author) Voudou (an older spelling of voodoo) a pantheistic belief system developed in West Africa and transported to the Americas during the diaspora of the slave trade is the generic term for a number of similar African religions which mutated in the Americas, including santeria, candomble, macumbe, obeah, Shango Baptist, etc. Since its violent introduction in the Caribbean islands, it has been the least understood and most feared