Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I grew up in Malawi with Sunday school teachers who treated anything linked to “voodoo” as danger in capital letters. African ...

Benin continues its annual celebrations of indigenous religions, known in French (the country's official language) as the ‘fête nationale du vodoun’ (‘National Vodun Festival’), but has decided to ...

All is set for the Benin to celebrate the Vodun festival on January 9 and 10, 2024, in Ouidah in Benin Republic. A journey from the city centre to the seaside, the ceremony will feature rhythms, songs ...

Images produced by Viory capture the opening moments of this year’s Vodun Days festival in Ouidah, showing scenes filmed entirely by Viory teams as thousands of people gathered to celebrate one of ...

Earlier this month, the second edition of the annual Vodun Days celebration took place in Ouidah, Benin. The three-day festival, which took place on January 9, 10 and 11, celebrated Beninese art, ...

Diasporas and aesthetics -- Vodun's rhizome -- Foreign presence in local Vodun -- "India," chromolithographs, and Vodun -- Vodun of slave remembrance -- Contemporary Vodun art "Introduces audiences to ...

I grew up in Malawi with Sunday school teachers who treated anything linked to “voodoo” as danger in capital letters. African shrines sat in the same mental folder as horror films, even though I lived ...