Dahomean religion

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The Dahomean religion was practiced by the Fon people of the Dahomey Kingdom. The kingdom existed until 1898 in what is now the country of Benin. People taken from Dahomey to the Caribbean used elements of the religion to form Haitian Vodou and other African diasporic religions.^[1]

• West African Vodun

• Vodoun Culture Archived 2020-11-01 at the Wayback Machine Haitian Vodoun as chronicled by native Haitians
• Baba Alawoye.com Baba'Awo Awoyinfa Ifaloju, showcasing Ifa using web media 2.0 (blogs, podcasting, video and photocasting)

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