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 ...

For the past three years, the government of Benin has organised an international festival around the 10 January, a date dedicated to the traditional Vodun or Voodoo religion. On this occasion, ...

Southern England band Vodun channels West African psychedelic rock on its new album, “Possession,” that was released Friday. PHOTO COURTESY VODUN When was the last time you listened to an album with ...

Our readers share tales of their ramblings around the world. Who: Kevin Alexander of Alexandria, Va. Where, when, why: In December, I traveled to Benin for two weeks to study Vodun, the ancient ...

OUIDAH, Benin (AP) — Democracy came to the cradle of Voodoo religion in 1991, when Benin’s military dictator of many years surprisingly lost an election that he had organized. Mathieu Kérékou had ...

LOMÉ, Togo—For at least half of Togo’s population of 2.5 million, Vodun, or Voodoo, is a way of life. European colonialism and post-colonial autocracies failed to fully suppress the religion and its ...

In his long life, voodoo priest Kpohinto Medji has seen his religion flourish then decline, banned for years by the authorities and pressured by other faiths. Today, the ageing priest with mischievous ...

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