Beninese voodoo vs. Haitian voodoo Voodoo was born centuries ago in West Africa. Even then it combined religion and magic. But it developed in the form we know today between the 16th and 18th centuries in Haiti. Black slaves brought to this Caribbean island, after adopting Christianity, reinterpreted the original Voodoo. Today, the Catholic influence can be seen in it. The word “voodoo” comes from the word “vodũ,” which means “deity” in the language of the West African Fon tribe. The language is still used today in the country of Benin, which functioned as the country of Dahomey until 1975. It was from here that the first ships with black…