Deep in Benin — the birthplace of Voodoo itself — we entered a hidden world few outsiders are ever allowed to witness. From ...

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ROME-- Pope Benedict XVI leaves tomorrow morning for the West African nation of Benin, and for anyone seeking an off-beat lens through which to see the journey, there’s almost an embarrassment of ...

OUIDAH, Benin (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Saturday visited the city considered the capital of voodoo in West Africa, praying at a Catholic cathedral just across the street from a large voodoo temple ...

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Woman arrives dancing and singing at an Epe Ekpe festival, dressed in a traditional white toga. Statue of a voodoo god in the fetish market in Lome, Togo. Monkey skulls are just a few of the animal ...