Benin News News Benin » Religion: Inside Vodun Days: What It’s Really Like To Experience Benin’s Most Important Cultural Festival
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I grew up in Malawi with Sunday school teachers who treated anything linked to "voodoo" as danger in capital letters. African ...
News Benin » Religion: Benin’s mecca of spirits and gods draws tourists and followers with famed Voodoo festival
Benin’s mecca of spirits and gods draws tourists and followers with famed Voodoo festival OUIDAH, Benin (AP) — The festival gained popularity over the years from within and outside Africa, organizers ...
News Benin » Religion: Benin: The National Vodun Festival is now ‘Vodun Days’
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 ...
News Benin » Religion: How Voodoo overcame suppression and became a democratic force in the West African nation of Benin
Daagbo Hounon Houna II, the Supreme Spiritual Voodoo Chief, surrounded by priestesses, is interviewed by The Associated Press, in Ouidah, Benin, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) (AP Photo/Sunday ...
News Benin » Religion: Vodun Days festival 2025 in Benin hosts diverse collection of musical artists
Earlier this month, the second edition of the annual Vodun Days celebration took place in Ouidah, Benin. The three-day festival, which took place on January 9, 10 and 11, celebrated Beninese art, ...
News Benin » Religion: How Voodoo overcame suppression and became a democratic force in the West African nation of Benin
OUIDAH, Benin — Democracy came to the cradle of Voodoo religion in 1991, when Benin’s military dictator of many years surprisingly lost an election that he had organized. Mathieu Kérékou had amassed ...