The May 24 groundbreaking for the Benin City Nigeria Temple was the second such event in 14 days for a new house of the Lord ...

Àbáké’s journey to bondage in America began when the army of Dahomey raided her town and marched their prisoners to the slave port of Ouidah ... lived five houses away from his 71-year ...

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has sacked the priest of Okhuoromi community in Oredo Local Government Area, Ovbokhan Igbinovia, over alleged land grabbing, extortion, and unauthorized demolition ...

However, West African Vodun is a living religion followed by some 50 million people throughout primarily Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria ... Here, clay buildings house coils upon coils of highly ...

Scheduled participants include Mahougnon KAKPO, the president of Benin’s Vodun Committee, and Christian HOUETCHENOU, the mayor of Ouidah, Benin. (Citizens of Benin typically spell their surnames ...

Her mint-green house in Frade, a gated condominium on the ... America’s last slave ship met an identical fate. Returning from Ouidah, in present-day Benin, the schooner Clotilda stole into ...

A swirling Zangbeto performs in Ouidah, Benin, during the Voodoo Festival on Jan. 10. Photo: AFP She is a follower of voodoo, an animist practice based on respect for nature, ancestors and invisible ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: On Monday, 31-year-old Ange Gnacadja rests on cotton harvested in Soclogbo, Benin. Earthquakes in the north of ...

OUIDAH, Benin (AP) — As children dance with great speed and energy in colorful robes, guided by the drumbeats and chants from dance troupes, the gods and spirits that are evident all around the ...

OUIDAH, Benin - Modeste Zinsou, manager of Benin's Python Temple, gently drapes a live snake around a visitor's neck at the country's annual voodoo festival, as spectators learn about the reptiles ...