Women play a central role in this three-day ... voodoo guardians of the night among the Ogu (or Egun) people of Benin, Togo, and Nigeria. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP) They are cast in the ...

Ouidah (Benin) (AFP) – Clad in white and pink, Deborah Bossou, 25, blends vibrant song with dance as she immerses herself with fellow practitioners in Vodun, traditional voodoo celebrations in ...

This weekend brought the traditional Vodun Days annual festival encompassing arts, culture and voodoo spirituality to the southern town of Ouidah, centre on the Sakpata Zoungbodji religious convent.

According to Benin’s culture minister Jean-Michel Abimbola, missions imparted to women for the organisation of voodoo rites are “numerous and important”. But the exact nature of some of ...