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Vodun in Coastal BéninDana Rush

Vodou, Hoodoo & African Diasporic Religions

Vodun in Coastal Bénin

Unfinished, Open-Ended, Global

by Dana Rush

An art-historical study of vodun shrines and objects on the coast of Benin, showing how practitioners absorb foreign images and goods, including Hindu prints, into their religious art. It is an important work on Mami Wata and on the openness of vodun to the wider world.

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