The Caribbean kept
the memory of Ouidah.

From Cuba to Jamaica, from Trinidad to Guadeloupe, African memory survived in the Caribbean's spiritual traditions. After Vodundays takes you to the source of that memory.

"Slavery tried to break African memory. The Caribbean proved that memory could not die. It was simply waiting to come home."

After Vodundays · Wa Afriki

Cuba

Santería / Lucumí

Cuban orishas are Yoruba Vodun, cousins of Beninese Vodun. Shangó, Yemayá, Elegguá, African memory survived in Cuban cabildos with remarkable precision.

Trinidad & Tobago

Shango (Orisha) & Spiritual Baptist

Trinidad's Orisha communities maintain a devotion directly linked to the Yoruba and Fon traditions of West Africa. Ouidah is part of that spiritual geography.

Martinique & Guadeloupe

Antillean memory

Colonial archives reveal that thousands of Africans shipped to the French Antilles passed through the Beninese coast. The memory runs deeper than most people realize.

Jamaica

Kumina & Maroon traditions

Jamaica's Kumina traditions, practiced by descendants of Congo and West Africa, share ritual structures with Vodun. The drums, the ancestors, the invocation, the same spiritual architecture.

I'm from the Caribbean and don't know Vodun, is After Vodundays for me?

Yes. After Vodundays is built to welcome the African diaspora in all its diversity, including those with no formal African spiritual practice. The experience is cultural, memorial and spiritual all at once. You choose your level of engagement.

Are Caribbean traditions respected and recognized in Ouidah?

Yes. After Vodundays' guides know the Caribbean diaspora and its Vodun-derived traditions well. Recognizing the links between Caribbean practices and Beninese traditions is part of the experience.

Do I need to speak French to take part?

The program runs mainly in French. English support is available. Creole translation is possible on request for Caribbean groups.

Can we come as a group, a family, an association?

Yes, and it is often richer that way. Caribbean or Afro-descendant groups take part in After Vodundays together. The collective experience amplifies the personal meaning.