“Through baptism, we become prophets... If this identity is fully understood in a spirit of co-responsibility, the laity ...

They carved masks for ceremonies and they moulded sculptures of gods out of mud. In Benin City, craft workers were organised into groups known as guilds. There were guilds for wood carvers ...

Predating many religions by tens of thousands of years, Voodoo is a way of life in its country of origin, Benin. Battle of Benin I’ve arrived in the tiny nation to unearth the final frontier of ...

It has suffered from a bad press internationally but is an official religion in the West African country of Benin. In the voodoo heartland of Ouidah, the sound of drums fills the air, while men ...

The French Senegalese director passed on big-budget Hollywood projects before making her latest film—a fantastical ...

(Vodou) seems dark because people don’t understand it. But at some point, all religions were dark until someone said that ...

Benin's geographic position at the intersection of two important regional corridors - the Abidjan-Lagos corridor and the Cotonou-Niamey corridor - makes it an important commercial and tourism ...

Election officers put ink on voters fingers to make sure they don't vote twice Early indications show voter turnout was low in Benin's presidential election, where polling stations have now closed.

MOVING WALL The "moving wall" represents the time period between the last issue available in JSTOR and the most recently published issue of a journal. Moving walls are generally represented in years.

Mati Diop’s brisk, thoughtful documentary Dahomey considers the limited yet necessary good done through restitution.

Ex-Kenyan envoy to USA Elkana Odembo, who is one of Raila's strategists said the campaigns have been intensified.