Ka cika wannan jumla:
Ya mamaye Haiti tsakanin 1915 da 1934. Wannan ya ƙarfafa sha'awar duniya game da Vodou, wanda aka yi amfani da shi a rubuce-rubuce na Faustin Wirkus, William Seabrook, da John Craige. Wasu masu aikatawa sun shirya wasan kwaikwayo bisa ga al'adun Vodou don nishadantar da masu hutu, musamman a Port-au-Prince. Wannan lokacin kuma ya ga karuwar karkara zuwa ƙaura zuwa birane a Haiti, da kuma karuwar tasirin Cocin Roman Katolika. 1941 ya ga ƙaddamar da "Operation Nettoyage" (Operation Cleanup), wani tsari da Cocin Roman Katolika ya goyi bayan share Vodou, wanda ya haifar da lalata yawancin ounfòs da kayan Vodou. Mummunar amsa daga Vodouists ya sa Shugaba Élie Lescot ya watsar da Operation. A halin da ake ciki, a lokacin mamayewa, motsi na 'yan asalin ƙasar a tsakanin matsakaitan matsakaitan Haiti ya ƙarfafa ƙarin kimantawa game da Vodou da al'adun ƙauye, yanayin da aka tallafawa ta hanyar bayyanar ƙwararrun bincike na al'adu kan batun.