Zora Neale Hurston on Zombies

Mary Margaret McBride show interview with Zora Neale Hurston discussing Zombies. 1943.

[@enchantresse23]

Omg her voice ✨😊

[@lucianfick2218]

ZNH's "Tell My Horse" is an excellent and very enjoyable read about voodooism in Haiti. She was an engaging story-teller, a novelist with an anthropological bent, who won the trust of the common folk to unlock many mysteries.

[@maestasify]

All y'all need to read Hurston's books.

[@deannacrownover3]

maestasify she was an incredible writer!

[@jus3278]

Zora was ahead of her time. When Serpent and The Rainbow was written and made into a movie it depicted the science of zombie making just as she stated here.

[@Xrpto]

Malcolm X has the exact speech pattern.

[@nyceflix]

This is amazing audio!

[@nikkiazeez3737]

Similarities between the description of enslaved people and zombies come to mind.

[@AuthorAImani]

Love you Zora

[@2purpshakur849]

Her Voice Is As Pretty As She Was 😍

[@auntiesocial808]

WoW! She was absolutely correct about Zombies. Color her “fearless.” ❤️

[@cmebans35]

Oh my goodness Truth before it's time

[@maz3mind]

Y'know, I'm writing a paper on the Zombi for my class. Thanks for uploading this, it really helps.

[@nstruebluey39]

Great story-teller :)

[@jorgeh71]

Quite interesting! Thanks for sharing it

[@jenneacubero1036]

It's too bad Zora died before 1968; I wonder how she'd react to "Night Of The Living Dead".

[@CandyAcidReign]

very interesting... thanks for sharing.

[@LeshaAnn]

Thank you so much for sharing this!

[@josephcampbell2786]

Félicia Félix Mentor n'était pas une zombie, finalement, mais l'histoire que raconte Mme Hurston dans « Tell My Horse » est facinante. Il faut aussi lire Le Vaudou haïtien d'Alfred Métraux et Passage of Darkness de Wade Davis.

[@dantemazza5458]

Awesome clip! Where did you get this recording? Is there anywhere we can hear the full interview?

[@jamesjeffreypaul]

Fascinating and creepy.

[@Thirsty58]

Nice work!!!

[@NikkiLuv1]

That's my twin 😍

[@Astromalcolm]

U do look like her 😍 very beautiful

[@NikkiLuv1]

@@Astromalcolm awwww thank you

[@Astromalcolm]

Knew she had a twin

[@NolinEG]

This is amazing!!!! How can I get this clip to use for my class?

[@ameriqueindienindigene9096]

Tales of the zombie. I believe her...

[@2purpshakur849]

I Concur.

[@kencabinson9720]

This is deep...

[@SaintPandemonium]

O_O Wow.

[@Retrofire-47]

Thumps up for the spelling error in the only screenshot in the whole video XD

[@sauviejo]

as did i

[@Mamamoonie]

Creamate me when I'm through!

[@memoria8462]

They gave them 2 drops of a colorless liquid... LSD?

[@miahconnell23]

Kinda. The practice pre-dates the synthesis of LSD by Albert Hofmann in 1943. There is a concoction that produces paralyzation, respiratory depression, near-death & the appearance of death, and then later after the person is exhumed (if they survive), some other compounds and plant & animal extracts are used. A hallucinogenic / psychotropic is involved. It’s waaaaaaaay more than a bad trip 😢

[@wilsonwanjohi4910]

Zora was crazy

[@youaremagick5935]

No, she wasn't. You're just close minded... Stuck in your own head, with your limited thought processes... So, who is really "crazy?"

[@mylifetotaly]

It's real. Demons/spirits are real