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Love magic in Kenya
Love magic in Kenya How is it that some men, despite numerous temptations, remain faithful to their partners or wives? Even when they don’t see them for a long time due to work away from home? Kenyan men say it is due to the love charm cast on them by their chosen women. It is jokingly said that “there is not so much hatred in hell as there is in the heart of a betrayed woman.” However, this problem does not seem to apply to Kenyan women. Their husbands, who leave their home villages for big cities in search of work, even if they wanted to taste intimacy with another…
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History of Voodoo
History of Voodoo Vodou is the Haitian name for the cult, which comes from the word “vodũ,” which in the language of the West African Fon tribe means deity. The roots of Vodou are to be traced precisely to the Black Continent. At this point it is worth noting that in the popular consciousness Vodou functions as Voodoo, which is the English name for this cult. In the area of today’s Benin (formerly Dahomey), which is located in West Africa and is home to, among others, the Fon tribe, there was a Vodou cult from time immemorial. The term was used to describe menacing spirits that were summoned and asked for protection and…
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Beninese voodoo vs. Haitian voodoo
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…
