What is West African Vodun?
{{See also|Voodoo}} [[File:Voodo-altar.jpg|thumb|Vodun altar with several fetishes in [[Abomey]], [[Benin]].]] [[File:Booth at Akodessawa Fetish Market 2016.jpg|thumb|Booth at Akodessawa Fetish Market 2016]] [[File:Akodessawa Fetish Market 2008.jpg|thumb|Booth at Akodessawa Fetish Market 2008]] [[File:Booth at Akodessawa Fetish Market 2008.jpg|thumb|Booth at Akodessawa Fetish Market 2008]] [[File:Akodessawa Fetish Market 2005.jpg|thumb|Booth at Akodessawa Fetish Market 2005]] [[File:Skulls at Akodessawa Fetish Market 2008.jpg|thumb|Skulls for Voodoo rituals]] [[File:Akodessawa Fetish Market 2016.jpg|thumb| paraphernalia and dolls for Voodoo]] [[File:Skulls at Akodessawa Fetish Market 2016.jpg|thumb|Skulls at Akodessawa Fetish Market]] [[File:Preparation of a bat at Akodessawa Fetish Market for Voodoo rituals.jpg|thumb|Preparation of a bat at Akodessawa Fetish Market for Voodoo rituals]] '''Vodun''' (meaning ''spirit'' in the [[Fon language|Fon]] and [[Ewe language]]s, {{IPA-ee|vodṹ|pron}} with a [[nasal vowel|nasal]] [[tone (linguistics)|high-tone]] ''u''; also spelled '''Vodon''', '''Vodoun''', '''Vodou''', '''Voudou''', '''Voodoo''', etc.) is practiced by the [[Ewe people|Ewe]] people of eastern and southern [[Ghana]], and southern and central [[Togo]]; and the [[Kabye people|Kabye]] people, [[Gen language|Mina]] people, and [[Fon people|Fon]] people of southern and central [[Togo]], southern and central [[Benin]]. It is also practiced by some [[Ogu people|Gun]] people of [[Lagos]] and [[Ogun]] in southwest [[Nigeria]]. All the which belong to [[Gbe languages|Gbe speaking]] ethnic groups of West Africa, except the Kabye. It is different from the [[African traditional religion]]s in the middle of these countries and is the main source of religions with similar names found among the [[African Diaspora]] in the [[New World]] such as [[Haitian Vodou|Haitian ''Vodou'']]; [[Puerto Rican Vodú|Puerto Rican ''Vodú'']]; [[Cuban Vodú|Cuban ''Vodú'']]; [[Dominican Vudú|Dominican ''Vudú'']]; [[Candomblé Jejé|Brazilian ''