In western Africa, different communities practice the religion of Voodoo, a belief system based on the idea that their ...

The Temple of Pythons in Benin is considered a sacred place by voodoo followers While many African traditions and cultures are under threat from modern life, there is one which is holding its own ...

Over a thousand people have gathered on the coast town of Ouidah, Benin to celebrate the country's voodoo holiday. Ouidah was once an important port in the slave trade. Attendees say this festival ...

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 ...

Debos is planning to make a pilgrimage to Benin in January to attend a festival of Voodoo in Ouidah, a beach town surrounded by memorials to the slave trade, he told French news agency AFP.

(AP Photo/Julie Bennett, File) In this Nov. 17, 2011 file photo, a fisherman stands amidst city trash brought in by the tide, ...

Mel B takes a personal journey exploring traditional religions in West Africa. In Benin, the cradle of Voodoo, she encounters priests and zombies and discovers the fate of her father's ancestors.