Inside The Voodoo Vol. I: Papa Dumbala: Real Life Experiences In The Humofor

As one of those "other children" that Mambo went out of her way to mention in her dedication to her children, I have to share my experience as one of those "parentless" children. We were made to sleep on the floor in the rooms of her children, even though we had rooms of our own, because our parents were made to spend the night and sleep on the floor of the so called "sanctuary". Some of them lived there for many years and made to pay rent. We were never allowed to sit on the furniture let alone eat at the same table as her children. Her son was arrogant and spoiled and was not respectful of his elders. Our parents were not allowed sit on the furniture or be out after dark. Families became estranged and children were neglected by their parents because they were kept busy "serving" Mambo and her Loa. There were some who found the courage, strength and finances to leave her Voodoo cult and take their lives back from this WICKED woman and they were labeled traitors because of it. The lifestyle that she afforded herself, her children and her husbands was supported by her followers who went into financial ruin to satisfy the her ravenous need for money disguised a tithes and spiritual work . It was hurtful to read her account of the "other children" as parentless, jealous, traitors as a way to justify the truth that would inevitably be exposed. I want to say to those "other children" that the real Loa saved you when your parents got out and you have a better life because of it. Your eyes are not covered by the same veil of delusion that covers the eyes of her offspring.As I look a the table of contents the heading " They tried to kill me" stood out as I know for a fact that she tried to take and ruin the lives of many of her former initiates with black magic and frivolous lawsuits. I shed a few tears in remembrance of those "other children" who were treated as second class by their parents and their Mambo. I pray that the dysfunction, hatred, estrangement between family members, financial difficulties and fear she caused all disappear as her spirit transitions from this world into a place deserving of a soul like hers, and their could not be a more appropriate Loa to usher her soul to that place than Papa Dumbala. In the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Loa... Amen!!