`` That 's the soundscape of the country right now , '' said Elizabeth McAlister , a professor of religion and anthropologist of Haiti who teaches at Wesleyan University in Connecticut . Haitians would be atheists if they questioned faith , given all they 've seen , priest says . Instead belief in God remains unshaken , as seen in churches , homes and on streets . Haitian Vodou , often misunderstood , is part of people 's rich history . It was the first religion to spread from Africa into Europe.
Haitians would be atheists if they questioned faith , given all they 've seen , priest says . Instead belief in God remains unshaken , as seen in churches , homes and on streets . Haitian Vodou , often misunderstood , is part of people 's rich history . It was the first religion to spread from Africa into Europe.