Check out a twoubadou version of "Panama m Tombe" by Ti-Coca. As Michael Largey explains in Vodou Nation, the song's various versions about the fall of Hyppolite while in Bainet to defeat Merisier Jeannis reveal a debt to Vodou, particularly Ogou. Furthermore, Largey reveals that Hyppolite was associated with Ogou and was himself a Vodouisant, solidifying how Haitian popular classes perceived the president as possessing traits of Dessalines and Ogou. Largey states the song is a warning about the dangers of too much power, which can cause one's downfall. In addition, the song is an example of recombinant mythology and how deeply entrenched Vodou is in Haitian history.
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