Benin, West Africa, Bopa, miss hounyoga resting with the carved wooden figures made to house the soul of her dead twins

Benin, West Africa, Bonhicon, dogs and hyenas heads sold on a voodoo market

Benin, West Africa, Ouidah, man putting a snake in his mouth inside the python temple

Benin, West Africa, Boukoumbé, fetish items protecting a traditional tata somba house

Benin, West Africa, Taneka-Koko, traditional healer called mister tcholi with his giant pipe

Benin, West Africa, Bonhicon, kagbanon bebe voodoo priest during a ceremony holding a shango stick

Benin, West Africa, Bopa, women dancing during a traditional voodoo ceremony

Benin, West Africa, Adjara, legba fetish on a market

Benin, West Africa, Porto-Novo, young girl passing in front of zangbeto adiye temple

Benin, West Africa, Boukoumbé, mr kouagou maxon in his tata somba house and his traditional medicine

Benin, West Africa, Savalou, a priestess from the voodoo covent of the royal palace in front of a painted wall

Benin, West Africa, Dassa-Zoumè, statues inside yaka palace of the omondjagou people

Benin, West Africa, Savalou, man disguised as an angel collecting money in the street

Benin, West Africa, Porto-Novo, zangbeto temple door

Benin, West Africa, Porto-Novo, egoun egoun spirit of the deads asks money to a couple in exchange of blessings

Benin, West Africa, Dassa-Zoumè, legba fetish in yaka palace of the omondjagou people

Benin, West Africa, Bonhicon, kagbanon bebe voodoo priest putting sugar on an altar during a voodoo ceremony

Benin, West Africa, Porto-Novo, men guiding a zangbeto guardian of the night spirit

Benin, West Africa, Porto-Novo, egoun egoun spirit of the deads asks money to a man in exchange of blessings

Benin, West Africa, Bonhicon, kagbanon bebe voodoo priest holding a statue covered with blood

Benin, West Africa, Porto-Novo, egoun egoun spirits of the deads speaking together in secret

Benin, West Africa, Bonhicon, kagbanon bebe voodoo priest putting some perfume on the sacred statues during a ceremony

Benin, West Africa, Porto-Novo, zangbeto guardian of the night spirit dance in the royal palace

Benin, West Africa, Porto-Novo, woman passing in front of a voodoo temple

Benin, West Africa, Bonhicon, kagbanon bebe voodoo priest during a ceremony with a owl

Benin, West Africa, Bonhicon, kagbanon bebe voodoo priest showing little statues that he uses to be protected when he drives his car

Benin, West Africa, Ouidah, temple in the sacred forest of kpasse painted walls

Benin, West Africa, Bopa, dah tofa voodoo master showing the skulls criminals killed by heviosso the god of thunder that he collects

Benin, West Africa, Porto-Novo, masked messengers from yafin nigerian king