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What is Man?
I ask this question in the classical sense of the word "Man". That is any human being regardless of gender, but too the point. The...

Hounnan Amengansie Nana T.A.D. Adedufira
Jul 16, 20231 min read
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Was the Tree of Forgetfulness Real?
It is an empirical fact that there exists a "Tree of Forgetfulness" in Quidah, and while the stories around it are compelling there are...

Hounnan Amengansie Nana T.A.D. Adedufira
Jun 18, 20232 min read
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Politics... again.
Back in August I made a post about being politically active to ensure the practice of our religion was not infringed upon. Well here it...

Hounnan Amengansie Nana T.A.D. Adedufira
Nov 5, 20221 min read
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Vodou and Political Activism
I was listening to this young woman on a podcast a few years ago suggesting that African Americans and practitioners of ATR's shouldn't...

Hounnan Amengansie Nana T.A.D. Adedufira
Aug 3, 20223 min read
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There is no magic in Vodou
Let's start there. Vodou isn't a system of magic. It isn't witchcraft. It ain't hexes. It ain't Satanism. It isn't anything people...

Hounnan Amengansie Nana T.A.D. Adedufira
Aug 2, 20221 min read
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"Do We Do Abortions?" Vodou's Stance on Roe v. Wade
It is no accident that I waited until the 4th of July to write about this. On June 24, 2022 the SCOTUS decided that there is no U.S....

Hounnan Amengansie Nana T.A.D. Adedufira
Jul 4, 20222 min read
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'Tis the season
Thanksgiving. Black Friday. Hanukkah. Yule. Christmas. New Years. It's the most expensive time of the year. So what should we, as an...

Hounnan Amengansie Nana T.A.D. Adedufira
Jul 4, 20223 min read
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Race, Ethnicity, and Vodou
Before we have this conversation we need to agree on what is meant when we say words. Race- A designation of social status based on...

Hounnan Amengansie Nana T.A.D. Adedufira
Apr 6, 20223 min read
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Masculinity, Manhood, and the Mami Wata Tradition
"Men do not cry." my Godmother said these words to me upon the end of my most recent visit to Togo. Among the youth exploring African...

Hounnan Amengansie Nana T.A.D. Adedufira
Apr 5, 20222 min read
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Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Vodou
"...that is considered a big sin, here..." were the words my translator relayed to me from my Godmother when asked if LGBTQIA+ people and...

Hounnan Amengansie Nana T.A.D. Adedufira
Apr 5, 20222 min read
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Western and African Concepts of Witches & Witchcraft
And y'all this has been bugging me for a while. In the largely Judeo-Christian, Eurocentric western world a witch is any occultist,...

Hounnan Amengansie Nana T.A.D. Adedufira
Feb 5, 20223 min read
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How is Halloween or Samhain observed in Vodou?
Here in the U.S. we celebrate Halloween mostly as a secular holiday, a moral purge of sorts where excess and rambunctious behavior can be...

Hounnan Amengansie Nana T.A.D. Adedufira
Oct 16, 20213 min read
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Polygamy, Polyamory, Open Relationships, Infidelity & Sex Work in Vodou
There is a long standing tradition in many West African cultures of polygamy, particularly among the Gbe speaking peoples of Ghana, Togo,...

Hounnan Amengansie Nana T.A.D. Adedufira
Oct 15, 20214 min read
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Togo this time of year...
So another tearful end of my time in Togo where my faith was restored, I was taught the secrets of making the mirror of the Amengansie,...

Hounnan Amengansie Nana T.A.D. Adedufira
Oct 5, 20211 min read
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The 4th of July, Juneteenth and VODOU
Today marks the anniversary of the 13 Colonies successful secession from the British Empire on July 4, 1776. It's generally hailed as...

Hounnan Amengansie Nana T.A.D. Adedufira
Jul 5, 20213 min read
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The Folly of Witchcraft
So I was on a forum populated mostly by self taught magicians and intuitive spiritualists this morning and came across a post with a one...

Hounnan Amengansie Nana T.A.D. Adedufira
Jun 4, 20212 min read
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Is Adela or Togbɛ Mɔglɔ Nimrod?
No. Or more exactly They are not Nimrod but Nimrod is a conflation and smear job of Adela and Togbɛ Mɔglɔ. Adela is the Gbe vodou of the...

Hounnan Amengansie Nana T.A.D. Adedufira
May 30, 20211 min read
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Atsilele: The Spiritual Bath
The most efficacious sacrament and most potent tool in the Hounnan's repertoire is the bath. The bath purifies. The bath baptize. The...

Hounnan Amengansie Nana T.A.D. Adedufira
May 30, 20211 min read
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A Short Introduction to the Sacraments of Vodou
Vɔxa of two klu commemorates the end of Dzodze and the beginning of Tedoxe. TÔDELA presides over all sacrifices to the vodous in my ƒome...

Hounnan Amengansie Nana T.A.D. Adedufira
May 30, 20211 min read
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Vodous & Devas: The East African Connection
A few years ago my godmother (the woman that facilitated my initiation into Vodou), Mamishie Zogbeshie Densushie posted a picture of an...

Hounnan Amengansie Nana T.A.D. Adedufira
May 21, 20212 min read
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