Sacred forests shrink in Voodoo's birthplace
FOR many people in Benin, the forests empowered them before they were born, or in the first months of their lives.
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FOR many people in Benin, the forests empowered them before they were born, or in the first months of their lives.
In Benin, the birthplace of Voodoo, practitioners of the faith believe the country’s forests are home to the spirits they seek guidance from and pray to. But those woodlands in
For many people in Benin, the forests empowered them before they were born, or in the first months of their lives.
For many people in Benin, the forests empowered them before they were born, or in the first months of their lives.
In Benin, the forests were places of hope. Yet the shrinking of the forests has dealt a blow to communities struggling to protect the spirits believed to live within them.