Benin's Ouidah has celebrated its annual Voodoo Festival which has made the town a mecca for Voodoo worshippers as well as a ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Dictionaries broadly explain the word “devil” as “spirit of evil” or “wicked ...

Spirits and Democratic Processes in Africa 12:30–13:30 Omanga Duncan Mainye, Bayreuth Thus saith the Prophet: Religion, the Media and Regional Politics in the 2007 Kenyan Poll 15:00–16:00 Henry Kam ...

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Others remain embedded in religious or social ... or perhaps appease the spirit of the prey. For more than 20 years photographer Phyllis Galembo has traveled Africa and Haiti documenting the ...

Cultural activists say cremation has no expression is African traditional religion. The dead ... society says it takes about a year for a spirit to leave the body and join the spirits of the ...

West Africa is fast gaining recognition for its ... that’s not entirely myth - it’s an extreme offshoot of the peaceful spirit religion that is Voodoo. “Many witches live in this town ...