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

Clad in white and pink, Deborah Bossou, 25, blends vibrant song with dance as she immerses herself with fellow practitioners ...

Modeste Zinsou, manager of Benin's Python Temple, gently drapes a live snake around a visitor's neck at the country's annual ...

Locals dressed in traditional costumes dance to celebrate the Vodun Days, in Ouidah, Benin, Jan. 9, 2025. (Photo by Seraphin ...

Clad in white and pink, Deborah Bossou, 25, blends vibrant song with dance as she immerses herself with fellow practitioners ...

Voodoo Festival in Ouidah, Benin, offers a vibrant spectacle featuring voodoo rituals, ceremonies, and performances. Practitioners emphasize voodoo's spiritual essence, dispelling misconceptions about ...

For the second year in a row, the city of Ouidah in Benin is playing host to Vodun Days - a celebration of the region's long spiritual traditions. France 24's correspondent Lilaafa Amouzou ...

Until her death 85 years ago on January 13, 1940, Matilda was the last surviving passenger on the last-ever slave ship bound ...

In Senior Infants class at Model School Inchicore, trainee teacher Khadidja Ouidah is guiding pupils on a fantasy journey into a toymaker's workshop. "When I put these glasses on who am I?" ...

The ship enabled the illegal transport of Africans from Ouidah in present-day Benin to Mobile in 1860, even though the US had banned the trafficking of enslaved people into the country in 1807.

Ouidah, a coastal town in Benin, is a poignant reminder of this dark chapter in history. It is home to numerous memorial sites, including the “Door of No Return” and the “Tree of ...

A popcorn street vendor balances a basket filled with his product in Ouidah, Benin, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/) ...