vodun (meaning "spirit" in the fon and ewe languages, with a nasal high-tone "u"; also spelled vodon, vodoun, vodou, voudou, voodoo, etc.) is practiced by the ewe people of eastern and southern ghana, and southern and central togo; and the kabye people, mina people, and fon people of southern and central togo, southern and central benin. it is also practiced by some gun people of lagos and ogun in southwest nigeria. all the which belong to gbe speaking ethnic groups of west africa, except the kabye.