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Give us feedback. The Foundation features contemporary African art in both permanent and temporary exhibitions. You can take a free professionally guided tour through the three-storey building, which promotes the culture of Benin with libraries and art classes. Ouidah, Atlantique Department, Benin.
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This cathedral with its vibrant, tiled red and white stripes is unusual and hard to miss. More than a place of worship, it also houses a book store featuring Beninese and African French literature. You can even buy books in English by writers from the Benin diaspora and schoolbooks for kids back home. Architectural Landmark. Their bamboo houses are supported by poles on a 12,acre 4,hectare lake in what is called the Venice of Africa. Dwellers use dugout canoes to leave their houses, visit neighbours, shops, restaurants, the hospital, church or the bank and the only building set on a sliver of land is the school.
Having fled here in the s from a threatening tribe, the inhabitants have adapted to a life on water where little has changed. Ganvie, Atlantique Department, Benin.
Historical Landmark. A palm-tree lined route leads to the birthplace of the sacred Vodun religion and the spot where shackled prisoners were taken and forced into boats to cross the Atlantic, where they would become slaves.
They are harmless, but special because they are religious symbols venerated by Vodun worshippers. Museum, Historical Landmark.
This museum, once a Portuguese fort and slave-trade centre, contains a chapel, military barracks and a residence. The residence houses archaeological relics, some of which date back to prehistoric times. A 4-km 2. It leads to the Door of No Return, a concrete and bronze arch built to memorialise over a million enslaved people forced into boats embarking for the Americas. The museum, which opened in , is also a memorial and features a mural spanning the top of the arch that shows manacled slaves walking out through the waves towards a future of permanent hardship.
Vodunists believe the spirit of Mami Wata Mammy Water rules the waves lapping the beach of this historic site. Atlantique Department, Benin. Courtesy of Casa Del Papa.
An unpaved road winds past coconut palms and scenic vistas to the Atlantic Ocean studded with beach resorts and fisherman hauling in their nets. Rooms have stunning views of the ocean where you can rest to the soothing sound of the sea.
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