Haitian Artist Fights To Preserve The Vodou Religion
“They beat me in the name of Jesus,” Josué sings in one song. “They burn me in the name of Jesus.” The lyrics of this old vodou song date back […]
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African Traditional Religions, The Elephant In The Room
Many Africans in one way or another have paid a visit to a traditional priest at some point in their lives in search of divine intervention. Do you remember the […]
Travel Postcard: 48 Hours In Benin’s Voodoo Heartland
(Reuters) – The small club-shaped West African country of Benin is not on most tourists’ radar but its palm-fringed white sand beaches in the south and surprisingly good wildlife parks […]
Mysticism In Traditional Yoruba Culture
“I’m training to be a Yoruba priestess,” she said with her face scrunched in utmost sincerity. The confession from the young African-American student alarmed the Nigerian students at the Georgia […]
