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THE WATER DEITIES – MYTHOLOGY SURROUNDING THE GA DEITIES TSAWE, ABONSU, NAE & OKU

THE WATER DEITIES

The GaDangme people migrated from areas around the ancient cush areas. They believe in forest spirits, sky spirits, sprits of the underworld and water deities. In this documentary, we try to learn more about the water deities. These deities/gods have Nuumo Nae Boslobo to be their king. Our guests were…

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Voodoo dances and rituals wow tourists at Benin festival | Reuters

OUIDAH, Benin, Jan 11 (Reuters) – On Benin’s national voodoo holiday, performers dressed as guardians of the night swirled in costumes resembling technicolour haystacks, delighting worshippers and tourists alike.Over a thousand people gathered in the small Atlantic coast town of Ouidah on Tuesday, once an important port in the slave…

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Germany returns 21 Benin bronzes to Nigeria – amid frustration at Britain | Nigeria | The Guardian

Twenty-one precious artefacts that were looted by British soldiers from the former west African kingdom of Benin 125 years ago have been handed over by Germany to Nigeria amid laughter, tears, and some audible frustration with the ongoing silence of the country that first stole them.The objects from the haul…

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