The dark history of zombies - Christopher M. Moreman

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Trace the origins of zombies from the Afro-Haitian religion of vodou, and discover how zombification was a reflection of slavery.
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Zombies have a distinct lineage- one that traces back to Equatorial and Central Africa. For three centuries, African people were enslaved and brought to the Caribbean Islands. There, a religion known as vodou developed, along with the belief that a person’s soul can be captured and stored, becoming a body-less zombie. Christopher M. Moreman uncovers the true origins of the undead.
Lesson by Christopher M. Moreman, directed by Kaspar Jancis.
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@TEDEd 2 года назад

Content Warning: This video depicts racial violence and trauma.

@hruaiteasathing7277 2 года назад

I suggest you change the Title to "The Sad HiStory Of Zombies". "The Dark History Of Zombies" might trigger other peoples too Edit : Where'd all the Comments above me went to?

@PaladinVII 2 года назад

🤣

@gegeenblink 2 года назад

@@hruaiteasathing7277 ur not funny mate

@hruaiteasathing7277 2 года назад

@@gegeenblink Not trying to be a funny one man, just trying sharing my suggestion, and asking a question

@Patrick_919 2 года назад

I'll go cry in my safe space then.

@nidhisapkale 2 года назад

American pop culture also initially erased the zombies' origins, cannibalizing its original significance and "TRANSFORMING THE VICTIM INTO THE MONSTER" What a line..

@loki2240 2 года назад

American culture has done that with real people, too.

@totallynotsummermorrison33 2 года назад

Yes; because myths cannot evolve to be a different type of entertaining for future generations. Hate how you can't be inspired by a culture, you can only copy it exactly or not at all.

@coffeeknight6148 2 года назад

@@totallynotsummermorrison33 taking inspiration from a culture by whitewashing and then erasing it. Classic artistic genius

@JurassicReptile 2 года назад

its completely wrong about White Zombie though, I watched the movie and the zombies are the victims too

@alx8571 2 года назад

@Reply to what I wrote, not to what you assumed Just say what ur tryna say 🙄

@hb.raafay 2 года назад

Ted Ed is the cradle of underrated education; the topics, which we have overlooked today, but hold significant knowledge in themselves. Thank you Ted Ed!

@amribrahim1486 2 года назад

Can i ask u a quest. From this video what u’ve learned to change or apply to the world?

@amribrahim1486 2 года назад

Not all info is imp

@vasectomyfail442 2 года назад

they left out the part about slaves being sold by other africans. they made it seem like france and spain abducted people. slaves were sold by other africans. that is a crucial part of education, actual facts

@hb.raafay 2 года назад

@@amribrahim1486 Every info may not be important. But History repeats itself in various ways. What seems so little can turn small events to grow into bigger influences. For instance, the twisted gradual transformation of Zombies from a symbol of cruelty to fictional monsters is how unusual instruments are normalized with time even today.

@yoursubconscious 2 года назад

@@amribrahim1486 Can I ask you a question? Why couldn't you complete the full spelling of "quest"? Also, who says that?

@cinemanuggets24 2 года назад

Interesting to know that the belief in zombies has origins in Africa. Here in Uganda it's widely believed (and for good reasons) that in some districts, there are residents with powerful medicine, who can enchant corpses and unsuspecting sleeping people to dig acres and acres of land for them at night.

@Potatoesandchaos 2 года назад

Can you elaborate please. Especially what you mean by 'nd for good reasons' I'd appreciate it

@user-ze8fr9wq1t 2 года назад

@@Potatoesandchaos same! I’d like to know too

@sowmindful1501 2 года назад

Well now that’s some affordable labor!

@arif2336 2 года назад

@@Potatoesandchaos yes I wanna know as welll

@nunyabiznes33 2 года назад

This is the first thing I thought they'd mention when I clicked the video and was kinda disappointed. Guess they've focused more on zombies as a cultural icon. I've read that it's possible to poison someone to make it appear he/she is dead (pufferfish toxin or something), then dig out the body and revive it into a basically drugged out "zombie".

@ivansyllables29 2 года назад

“Form of enslavement that not even death could free you from.” that’s something.

@mathishopper5608 2 года назад

This is actually really helpful, I would love to hear anything else about the original zombie, before pop culture changed it.

@Hstat910 2 года назад

Extra Credit did a really good video on that exact topic. You should check it out

@rabiamariam1632 2 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KIGmsxBMnjA.html If you want to know more about original zombies then definitely check out this video

@Cora.T 2 года назад

Monstrum did a really interesting series, where they explore it all in depth

@mathishopper5608 2 года назад

Thanks!

@eclair6910 2 года назад

PBS Storied did a series on the origins of Zombies

@pisceanbeauty2503 2 года назад

“…Transforming the victim into the monster.” That’s a powerful word right there.

@kalebbryce 2 года назад

It’s not a word, it’s a sentence 😮‍💨

@lampad4549 2 года назад

Pretty generic word if you ask me.

@janm5854 2 года назад

@@lampad4549 some people are easy to impress

@optimx314 2 года назад

@@lampad4549 🤓

@kissumiiJ 2 года назад

Reminds me of a particular someone right now.....

@l.n.3372 2 года назад

This animation was gorgeous! Kudos to the animation team! I never knew the origins of the word zombie or the concept. Such a fascinating lesson and it really highlights how the original ideas can be corrupted and distorted beyond the original intentions.

@FairMiles 2 года назад

"The Serpent and the Rainbow" (the book) is a rather old but entertaining and informative read to understand the Haitian culture around Vodou

@YourQueerGreatAuntie 2 года назад

I always remember the line from the movie: "Haiti is 80% Catholic and 100% Voudun". It explains a whole lot about how Catholicism took on the rituals of every people it colonised.

@JP-br4mx 2 года назад

I need to read it

@pascalegaspard3053 2 года назад

In the meanwhile a Haitian person reading this

@Omg_Mo_ Год назад

@@YourQueerGreatAuntie To be honest Vodoo isn’t really appreciated there really like people DON’T like it at all. There was this president I think Francois Duvalirr he hated them so much that he wanted all of them ( people that practice voodoo ) killed. Nowadays Christianity is more normalized in haiiti but there is still A LOT of voodoo

@CookedMeat 2 года назад

The animation left me absolutely speechless. TedEd never fails to amaze.

@yellowstarproductions6743 9 месяцев назад

agreed.

@cesar.leyvag 2 года назад

I wish more people knew about zombies' true origins, I find them fascinating

@DressedRunner 2 года назад

I think it's also worth looking into how a simple concept like zombie/ living dead can be diversify to such an extent.

@tomatoheadfd 2 года назад

This was so incredibly interesting! If I ever make a game or write a story I'll incorporate the original Haitien zombies. I like the idea of zombies being victims much better.

@harlowitter3060 Год назад

Same. It'd be interesting to take zombies back to their roots.

@jibberwocky4054 2 года назад

It makes a lot of sense that modern-day Zombies are a result of culture, traditions or stories passed down being Westernised. History still has more to teach us.

@XC11301991 2 года назад

Modern zombie films are also just a substitute for a disaster that allows the viewer to see survivors reveal their true nature of being monsters under tight circumstances.

@bsrkrishna7583 Год назад

Brain king it says😊

@heolyeollie6628 2 года назад

Ted-Ed has always fascinated me with their educational content. But this video just HITS. The content is so original while raising awareness in a way that gives voice to the marginalized group. The animation is straightforward and on point. (I love the zombification of Mickey Mouse - literally the embodiment of America!). We need more educators like this.

@phillipinek1856 2 года назад

The animation was phenomenal. Truly striking.

@kartikchinda7137 2 года назад

2:39 now that's a brilliant scene right there!

@sadatmiftaroski6134 2 года назад

Video: zombies and stuff My ads: Is your skin dry?

@rikiaVB 2 года назад

I'm writing a book heavily inspired by this topic. Great job on the video!

@Grusha7 2 года назад

I'll be there to buy ur book though.... Count on me.... M always interested in topics lyk dis.

@kingsingh2616 2 года назад

Hey, comment down the name when you finish it. I might like to go through it. All the best.

@Raccon_Detective. 2 года назад

What's it going to be called?

@rafifahheiwaabdika2038 2 года назад

Can I read your book after you finished writing it? It seems enteresting to me.

@JP-br4mx 2 года назад

Oh?

@oxide9717 2 года назад

You Guys Art style is freaking beautiful. Tell whoever is doing it that he/she is greatly appreciated ❤️❤️❤️

@AnubhavD 2 года назад

Such a big channel and still so consistent. Lovely

@asulambalanga9672 2 года назад

I was enlightened about zombie. I can't believe that it was misinformed for long decades. Thanks for this.

@rollintweeds234 2 года назад

Fascinating topic, rigorously [sic] explored, and stylishly presented. Great writing, animation and musical cues. Thank you, TedED

@brindade2004 2 года назад

Ted ed never ceases to surprise me.

@phoenixgriffin2562 2 года назад

Love the animation & storytelling, you can actually feel yourself gaining knowledge.... AMAZING 🤩

@dummydummy1493 2 года назад

Well, I wouldn’t have expected it to be a pleasant history.

@niyan4413 2 года назад

1:23 - 1:28 and 2:34 - 2:40 Great symbolic animation, genius 🙌

@anshumanjoshi2444 2 года назад

biggest fan of the knowledge you spread in the world

@mememode6305 2 года назад

The animation, the art style is just Wow.. I observed that a part of animation from a scene is used in the next scene, this happens throughout the video. Great work 👏 never knew 🧟‍♂️ didn't actually killed people but were used by "monsters" selfishly and were victims.

@demonhunter-1208 2 года назад

3:34 I've been laughing at this for three minutes

@dummydummy1493 2 года назад

“Are you alive?” “NIEN, NIEN, NIEN!”

@grayaj23 2 года назад

PROF! Good to see him around. I took several classes from him in undergrad. Sadly, I missed out on the zombie seminars.

@erinthedemonhog2090 8 месяцев назад

It's fascinating how the zombie went from enslaved corpses to people infected with a deadly virus, causing a worldwide epidemic & an apocalypse

@enzonavarro8550 2 года назад

In Brazil the leader of the country's greatest "quilombo" was called "zumbi"(not the person, but the leadership position, like mayor, president...), and that's the same word for zombie in portuguese

@akumaking1 2 года назад

There are plenty of mindless zombies running around these days

@chieckenman4432 2 года назад

A lot

@nicholasgoh145 2 года назад

There’re?

@aleksandarvil5718 2 года назад

Naration and Animation = Marvelous Masterpiece

@docbaker3333 2 года назад

I really wish you guys would do a video explaining Vodou because it's such an interesting religion.

@ΣαβίναΓιαννοπούλου 2 года назад

The animation is as impressive as the topic itself . I never knew zombies had such deep roots in culture !

@pjm_31 Год назад

Each and every video of ted ed just grows your interest in it more and more

@thatlushdudejoe6452 2 года назад

I could listen to this guy talk all day!

@bertferri-5685 Год назад

Missed referencing one of Hollywood's best interpretations of zombies...Michael Jackson's THRILLER.

@harsyakiarraathallah2222 10 месяцев назад

the Idea of Old of Zombie is more Interesting.

@chuubm 2 года назад

It’s crazy how something as simple as zombies has a sick racial backstory

@pallavichamarty6483 2 года назад

Happiness on Netflix is a great show featuring zombies, that talks about how 'othering' contagious diseases are and how the zombie-like creatures on the show are victims of disease and still to be cared for and treated with respect.

@shakuntalapatra6167 2 года назад

Wow, this was a video with an unexpectedly different art style, soothingly horrifying.

@setiadikusuma5161 2 года назад

Please make a video about the history of wax print fabric from Java to Africa ❤

@ye3s146 2 года назад

It’s interesting how the victim is now seen as the monster, much like Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein both warned of and fell victim to. Frankenstein’s monster is type of zombie, in more ways than one.

@tekuaniaakab2050 2 года назад

Incredible artistry and animation

@Julie_Ch0 2 года назад

Very interesting and informative (as always!)! Thank you, and I really appreciate the link to used resources, as every informative and scientific video/post/... on the internet should have. :)

@lizardguyNA 2 года назад

Hmmm.... strange, Zombies went from a symbol of slavery to a symbol of herd mentality. And yet, in a sense, both of those things can be seen as closely related.

@nunyabiznes33 2 года назад

Coz they are the same except the latter is oblivious.

@zatannazatara552 2 года назад

with all the respect in the world, these are not similar at all. Herd mentality is about conformation to the norm while slavery was about subjugation of an entire class of people.

@lizardguyNA 2 года назад

@@zatannazatara552 One is willing, one is unwilling. Both are bad.

@antoniacapellaborges6566 2 года назад

@@lizardguyNA but they’re still not the same. What are you trying to argue here 🤨

@lizardguyNA 2 года назад

@@antoniacapellaborges6566 Uhh, the meaning changes very little and we still pity the Zombie as they're taken over by the elite. What else could I have been saying? You do know what COnsumerism is, right?

@noahhenson1669 2 года назад

What's in a name? The flesh-eating cadavers we now call "zombies" were called "ghouls" since the 18th century; prior to that, the word "vampire" amply covered the concept. Then LeFanu, then Pomidori after Byron, and finally Stoker refined the vampire into a cursed noble rather than a mere savage cannibal corpse. So "ghoul" took over. When audiences started calling George Romero's movie creatures "zombies", they were using the wrong word, having seemingly forgotten about ghouls... but the term stuck, and here we are with zombies an indelible facet of Western culture. Weird.

@drakemelee4135 Год назад

It’s od to because Haiti is one interpretation of zombies but obviously not the original because it goes back to the medieval age

@catlovingtrio 2 года назад

The idea of CEOs using zombies as their workforce is hilarious.

@webaqoofgaming1996 Год назад

How we imagine zombies: infected mindless corpses with an appetite of human flesh How 15th century rich Europeans imagined zombies: _cheap labour_

@zombiedude245 2 года назад

Awesome video …I always find the history of zombies fascinating

@discoghost6168 2 года назад

Love the perspective on this video!

@lgs7 2 года назад

Here in Brazil, in our history, one of the greatest leader of the Afro-Brazilian resistance to slavery was known as Zumbi dos Palmares

@bobthegoat7090 2 года назад

That zombie with the Mickey Mouse costume eating the original African zombie, was genius, especially with the line expression the powerful conclusion.

@mike-6139 7 месяцев назад

Not really, seems like the generic "Disney bad" outcry forced into a theme that barely has any relationships with Disney because haha Disney, if anything was Universal who popularized the Zombie idea into the mainstream.

@jpsynthesis 2 года назад

0:14 That's Too Sweet!

@keatonr776 2 года назад

It just occured to me that combining the combined symptoms of rabies and leprosy would land very close to a real life zombie.

@Amy_the_Lizard 2 года назад

Ehhh...gangrene would be a lot closer than leprosy. Contrary to popular misconceptions, leprosy doesn't actually rot your flesh, it just causes weird growths and kills the nerves in the skin beneath them, resulting in loss of sensation in the extremities where the growths tend to be more numerous. The loss of sensation increases the likelihood that the person will injure themselves on accident, and not necessarily notice it happened, which can result in limbs getting lost, or in some cases, infections resulting in gangrene (which does rot flesh) occurring

@eury958 2 года назад

Watching this from Santo Domingo, DR. Great Video, as always, thanks.

@camilleaguiardossantos5740 10 месяцев назад

This animation style is brilliant!!!!!!

@goldenvulture6818 2 года назад

The island containing the nations of Haiti & the Dominican Republic is Hispaniola

@kingofpigs6630 2 года назад

The craze for media with these things traumatized me back in the early to mid 2010s, my OCD fears regarding them (I'm watching this video) have gotten a lot better but I don't think I will ever not resent the topic just a little bit. Before anyone says no one asked, I'm aware that probably no one cares. But the fact is that the idea of zombies and the media depicting had such a profoundly negative and damaging effect on my life and I feel as though I should share as a way to reflect on it.

@hello-gx6oi 2 года назад

This gives more meaning when you call your overworked co-worker looking like a zombie

@Tsicloh 2 года назад

In some regions of Madagascar zombies are called "Lolo Vokatra" which can be translated as "ripe ghost".

@Popeyesfsther 2 года назад

Hey Ted Ed, I don’t know if you’ll even see this but could you cover a video on coincidences if you haven’t already? They’re so fascinating to me!

@bruintoo 2 года назад

Lazarus and Jesus, the original zombies.

@mike-6139 7 месяцев назад

Based

@sarafine651 2 года назад

Everybody afraid of Zombies but nobody thought of zombies been afraid of Necrophiliacs 😂

@sosensualandfree 2 года назад

This is so fascinating. This meaning of the word zombie was also highlighted in the Fela Kuti song "Zombie". ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Qj5x6pbJMyU.html Here the zombies were agents of the Nigerian army who had destroyed his commune and threw his mother out of a window, leading to her demise. It brings yet another level of meaning to an already incredible and meaningful song. It's also sad to think how a poignant cultural motif has been reduced to it's current tired form. The original zombie creature makes me feel and think. Hollywood zombies, not so much. Thank you Ted-Ed for all you create, and when you can please make a video on Fela Kuti.

@memeboy4206 2 года назад

"The dark history of zombies" It's a video about zombies, I wasn't exactly imagining sunshine and rainbows

@Svartalf14 Год назад

Nice summary

@vido7027 2 года назад

Well, that made the ending to Shaun of the Dead much darker.

@jasayehan 2 года назад

Interesting. Here in Southeast Asia, we believe that without a proper burial, the soul of a person can be trapped by a Bomoh to do his/her/their biding. Same goes with the aborted or dead foetus/infant/toddler, which in Hokkien is called the GweeKia.

@jasayehan 2 года назад

@@sorayaasmr Haha yes.

@KittenKuddler 2 года назад

I am absolutely terrified of zombies. Hands down they're my biggest fear.

@Jordan-os5cp 2 года назад

did he just drink his soul

@midimusicforever 2 года назад

Dark history indeed!

@Rukashi80 2 года назад

Whew!!! Excellent video!

@kushaljain3767 2 года назад

@2:29 epic transition to us flag

@depressedalternative5740 2 года назад

Finally a video old only 19 hours XD

@limhuishun4997 2 года назад

Didn’t know zombies had long histories lol

@Azozygc 2 года назад

They are literally undead

@DaddySantaClaus 2 года назад

Well, to be perfectly honest in my humble opinion without being sentimental, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter in distinct perspective and without condemning anyone's view and by considering each and everyone's valid opinion I honestly believe that I vividly don't have anything to say. In fact, i forgot what i am about to say. Thank You

@StaySpicy 2 года назад

I want to see a zombie movie with the original Haitian origin!

@viktormuerte 2 года назад

The Serpent and the Rainbow with Martin Sheen I think but it's more of a thriller rather than a horror film.

@Raccon_Detective. 2 года назад

"Get out" is the closest thing we have to it.

@setcheck67 2 года назад

@@Raccon_Detective. There is loads of spanish ones. Basically just pick anything about witches and there is mind control involved, which would be the standard haitian zombie.

@Abell_lledA 2 года назад

Narrative of Self is the result of a feedback loop between “Separate Self” & Cosmos 🎈

@FilipinaTalks 2 года назад

This TED-ed topic scared me the most.

@Singly. 2 года назад

Did That guy just drink the other person’s soul?

@SAEshorts 2 года назад

I didn't know that zombies were originally in Africa. Very interesting.

@vaibhavtripathi2630 2 года назад

1:30 is that Vamp Anthem by Playboi Carti

@paranoidpumpkin98 2 года назад

This is the kind of videos that keep bringing me back

@dorkarama3135 2 года назад

Am I still allowed to laugh at 'Sean Of The Dead'?

@hollowkid97 2 года назад

@lizardguyNA 2 года назад

I say so, yeah.

@Bromand01 2 года назад

Thanks for the late graphic and racial warning in the comments, and hats off to the great animation and animators... the line where it says the victims became monster is also a great end.

@rrrryiah Год назад

One of the best animations I’ve seen

@RichardVerret 2 года назад

Thank you for not calling the island the colonial "Hispaniola". The natives (Taino, Arawak, Caribs) called the whole island actually Bohio, Haiti, and Quisqueya. As a tribute to the natives, the Haitians called not only the new country, on the western third of the island, in 1804 Haiti, but also renamed the whole island Haiti (and they still call the island Haiti or less commonly Quisqueya) when they took over the whole island until 1844

@angelehatdog3923 2 года назад

It thought he would also mention the damballa

@Cora.T 2 года назад

For anyone curious to know more, the series monstrum from the channel storied did an indepth 3 part series on zombies, this is part one ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KIGmsxBMnjA.html

@TORchic1 2 года назад

It's a great series!

@Cora.T 2 года назад

@@TORchic1 yes I adore it 🤗

@CadetGriffin 2 года назад

"Historically, these zombies put to work as laborers who needed neither food nor rest and would enrich their captor's fortune." Amazon: _I would like to order your entire stock._

@rv.9658 2 года назад

Virtue-signal all you want but please don't cancel zombies

@kostatsanidis9984 2 года назад

Wow, I expected zombies to have a fun and bright history 😲

@cesaradrianherrera1382 2 года назад

It is very convenient not mention Portugal, Belgium, Holland and U.K. as mayor partners of human traffic in Africa. Being U.S.A. the most relevant recipient.

@mike-6139 7 месяцев назад

Honestly there's no much problem with that, the video isn't about such a specific topic. The problem is how insanely vicious is the "amuricah bad" propaganda to such point people on here believe U.S. conquered and slaved A SPANISH COLONY WITH PORTUGUESE NAMES.

@mike-6139 7 месяцев назад

If anything, I blame the video for reaching such a empty, even pretentious conclusion: Is 2023, most zombies are portrayed as victims of a disease, aside from infantile media, and zombies are mostly based on Ghouls if we take The Night Of The Living Death as reference.