Feb 1997
This is the journey of an African Prince, as he gives up on life in racist Europe and explores the powerful Voodoo cult.
Prince Lébéné Béhanzin, son of the King of Benin in West Africa, has spent thirteen years failing to overcome France's discrimination and intolerance against foreigners. We travel with him to Benin, cradle of Voodoo, as he tries to decide whether to return to his roots. It's a startling transi
tion from the grey slums of France to the colour and laughter of the royal court of Benin. His name has great resonance, as his great-grandfather resisted French colonial rule. People now think he was superhuman. In this climate of belief in the supernatural, Voodoo flourishes. Benin was recently th
e first country in the world to make Voodoo an official religion. As Lébéné travels around Benin, he witnesses afflictions being danced from the body and a sacrifice to the gods. At a school which he rebuilt with donations from France he realises that in Africa he is really somebody. Throughout h
is journey there are two pulls on Prince Lébéné's consciousness... is he still an African or has he become a European?
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è quoi ce commentaire ?? Tè vrai tro con Crazyhors3. Ce n'est pas parceke tu n'a pas aimé le Bénin ke ta le drois de dire ke c'est un pays de merde. Cè mon pays et cè un pays magnifique avc une grande richesse culturel. Tu incite les gens a ne pas visiter le Bénin. Tu crois peu ètre ke les s
tates ou l'Europe st meilleurs ?? Chacun a sa culture. Je t'incite dc à respecter les autres cultures et a ètre tolérant. Merci pour la compréhension ( je doute fort ke tu comprenne
but i see similarities to vodoo and christianity first the bibles always talks
of spirits vodoo is a spirit religion WHATS THE BIG DEAL