Benin News » Littoral News Benin » Littoral » Religion: How Voodoo overcame suppression and became a democratic force in the West African nation of Benin
News channel or source: https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/world/article/how-voodoo-overcame-suppression-and-became-a-22290634.php
Published on: Wednesday 03 June 2026
Benin recently inaugurated President Romuald Wadagni as its new leader in the latest transition in the West African nation. Benin is widely seen as a bastion of democracy in a region dubbed ...
News Benin » Littoral » Religion: Cómo el vudú ayudó a llevar la democracia a Benín
News channel or source: https://apnews.com/article/benin-vudu-democracia-historia-religion-africa-e0729340136cb9508c1e99b6fbfc6831
Published on: Thursday 04 June 2026
La democracia llegó a Benín, la cuna de la religión vudú, en 1991, cuando el dictador militar que gobernó el país durante muchos años perdió de manera sorprendente unas elecciones que él mismo había ...
News Benin » Littoral » Religion: Benin: The National Vodun Festival is now ‘Vodun Days’
News channel or source: https://globalvoices.org/2024/01/24/benin-the-national-vodun-festival-is-now-vodun-days/
Published on: Tuesday 23 January 2024
Benin continues its annual celebrations of indigenous religions, known in French (the country's official language) as the ‘fête nationale du vodoun’ (‘National Vodun Festival’), but has decided to ...