In the Beninese capital, Cotonou, this obelisk, known as the Monument aux dévoués or Monument to the dedicated in English, was erected in the Mathieu gardens to commemorate the memory of the Republic s dead.
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
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.