A zombie is an undead person
in the Afro-Carribean
and Creole spiritual
belief system of Voodou. These folkloric zombies are humans who have
had their "Ti Bon Ange" or soul stolen by
supernatural means and shamanic medicine, and are forced to work for their "zombie master" as uncomplaining
slaves on isolated plantations. Other more
macabre versions of zombies have
become a staple of modern horror fiction, where they usually engage in
human cannibalism.
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