Directory of Vodun Resources

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Vodun is the main religion in Benin. It is a traditional spiritist-animist religion, which spread with the slave trade and is today also found in the Caribbean where the spelling "voodoo" is more common. Emphasis is put on the worship of the spirits of ancestors.

Resources in This Category

• BBC News - Photo Journal: Voodoo Priestess

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/africa_voodoo_priestess/html/1.stm
  Interview with of one of the voodoo priestesses in Oudiah, with pictures.

• West African Dahomean Vodoun

  http://www.mamiwata.com/
  Features both Dahomean Vodoun and Mami Wata traditions of West Africa, with articles, bibliography, pictures and links.

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