ONG Wa Afriki · Ouidah, Benin
Not everything we carry is for sale. Part of our work is a welcome, another is a training, another still a protection. Here is the whole of it, without separating what earns from what does not.
The gatherings
Project ready, seeking funding
The founding edition: a full day, from morning to night, to establish the first documented cultural fact around the African New Year. The official 2027 edition will run over three days.
Find out more →Every January, around the Vodun Days
Our densest season. We host during the official festival in supervised teams, and we extend the experience beyond the three days of the state, where the institutional framework cannot go.
Find out more →According to the Vodun calendar, around the first day of the year
Ten days, one cult per day, under the high patronage of the high dignitaries. The deepest programme we open, designed to understand Vodun without ever touching the integrity of the sacred.
Find out more →Ahead of the African New Year
The first living circle of the African New Year. Before welcoming the diaspora, gathering those from here: the young people of the town, who carry what comes next.
The projects
All year round, in Ouidah
Training young people from Ouidah to render each cult as it should be: every step, every dance, every drum, every costume, and the history of the quarters. This is the project that started everything, and it never stops.
Project underway, Ouidah
A space dedicated to transmission and cultural renaissance in Ouidah. A place that belongs to the children of this town before it belongs to visitors.
Continuous programme
Passing on to the youngest what school does not teach: where they come from, what their gestures mean, and why their town carries this name across the world.
All year round, on request
For a descendant searching for where their people came from, we open access to the guarantors, the family heads and the living archives. We accompany patiently, and never promise a result.
Find out more →Permanent mission
Ensuring legal and judicial protection of cultural heritage, and guaranteeing an ecology of security for the sacred, in respect of traditions and beliefs.
The NGO does not work on heritage alone. An association that only looked after visitors would end up no longer serving the town.
After Vodun Days, Immersion Vodun, Vodun Vibes.
Cultural awakening for children, vocational training, guidance.
Awareness of children's rights and the Family Code, civic education.
Agribusiness, digital trades, self-employment.
Whether you come as a participant, a partner, a patron or a researcher, simply tell us which one and why.