But there’s another region now steadily staking its claim to a place on this list: step forward West ... African Galapagos thanks to its almost 200 endemic species – as well as Cotonou, Benin ...

A ceremony in the Congo Square area of Armstrong Park was part of the first annual New Orleans National Vodou Day on Jan. 14, 2024. The second annual New Orleans National Vodou Day is a ...

The small West African nation held the annual festival ... Lyne said her mother’s visit to Benin in 2023 sparked her interest in Voodoo and Benin's cultural heritage. Before her trip, most ...

Much of what we see even today on social media- kids playing around with tarot cards and Ouija boards, that is just not Vodou,” said Divine Prince Ty Emmecca, Voodoo Chief. WGNO’s 2025 ...

In various Nigerian communities, a pervasive belief holds that akara (bean cake) sellers are often coerced into joining ...

Travel to rural villages and coastal cities and learn about rich artistic tradition, Voodoo religion ... However, West African Vodun is a living religion followed by some 50 million people throughout ...

But for decades the West African nation’s forests have been ... or conflated with witchcraft. In Benin, Voodoo priests say the religion is grounded in positivity, based on tolerance and ...

The Haitian-born singer, songwriter and bandleader blends Haitian roots music with electric guitar-driven rock, performing in Creole and drawing from voodoo-inspired rhythms ... risks cause upheaval.

Women's involvement in illicit economic activities in West Africa is not new ... ISS research in northern Benin, Côte d'Ivoire and Togo documents women's involvement in several illicit activities ...

Benin (39%) and Senegal (36%) secured impressive six- and ten-point increases between 2022 and 2023, the highest increases among African countries. This moved them into the second and fifth positions ...