By streamlining naturalization processes, Benin is establishing itself as a gateway for Afro-descendants reconnecting with their African heritage and spiritual roots in Francophone Africa.

Ouidah in Benin hosted thousands of visitors on Friday for the 2025 Voodoo Festival. The annual festival featured traditional ceremonies, dances, and rituals that offer deep insights into the ...

Predating many religions by tens of thousands of years, Voodoo is a way of life in its country of origin, Benin. Battle of Benin I’ve arrived in the tiny nation to unearth the final frontier of ...

The kingdom of Ife developed in the rainforest in the 600s. Its art and religion influenced the culture of Benin, which began in the 900s and reached the height of its power between the 1400s and ...

The Mansas brought huge wealth and established Islam as the main religion. They created centres of learning and culture at Timbuktu and Djenné. The Kingdom of Benin was founded by the Edo people.

This film explores the integration of religion and plantbased medicine in an Ewe vodu community in southern Togo A village priest healer local ethnobotanists and a religious marketeer guide us ...