

West Africa: Togo and Benin
Season 2 Episode 206 | 26m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Art Wolfe visits West African villages known for vibrant inhabitants and intense rituals.
West Africa is the birthplace of Voodoo; in Togo and Benin ancestors commingle with the living. Whether it’s vulture heads for sale at a fetish market or sacred bloodstained altars, Voodoo is always front and center. Art Wolfe visits villages known for their vibrant inhabitants and intense rituals and discovers frenzied trances, powerful masked dances and an extraordinary fire-eating ceremony.
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West Africa: Togo and Benin
Season 2 Episode 206 | 26m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
West Africa is the birthplace of Voodoo; in Togo and Benin ancestors commingle with the living. Whether it’s vulture heads for sale at a fetish market or sacred bloodstained altars, Voodoo is always front and center. Art Wolfe visits villages known for their vibrant inhabitants and intense rituals and discovers frenzied trances, powerful masked dances and an extraordinary fire-eating ceremony.
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WE ARE ALL PART OF TEAM EARTH.
Wolfe: I'VE BEEN TRAVELING FOR OVER 30 YEARS, BUT I'VE NEVER TRAVELED TO THIS PART OF THE WORLD.
THIS IS WEST AFRICA, THE HOME OF VOODOO, WHERE ANIMISM AND ANCESTORS ARE PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE.
I'M ART WOLFE.
THIS IS "TRAVELS TO THE EDGE."
WEST AFRICA STRETCHES FROM THE SAHARA IN THE NORTH TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, WHICH FORMS THE REGION'S WESTERN AND SOUTHERN BORDERS.
WE'RE VISITING TINY BENIN AND TOGO, WHICH PUSH NORTHWARD FROM THE INFAMOUS SLAVE COAST.
[ CHILDREN CHANTING ] [ LAUGHS ] BYE-BYE!
THIS IS PRETTY COOL.
GLIDING THROUGH THE TALL GRASS IN A COMPLETELY NEW COUNTRY, HEADING TO A VILLAGE WHERE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE.
WE'RE STARTING OUR JOURNEY IN TOGO.
JOINING ME IS PAUL AGBOGLO, A LOCAL EXPERT ON THE PEOPLE, CULTURE, AND TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS OF WEST AFRICA.
VODUN, OR VOODOO, AS IT IS OFTEN CALLED, IS AN ANCIENT RELIGION.
ITS RITUALS, WHICH INVOKE ANCESTRAL SPIRITS, CAN BE POWERFUL AND INTENSE.
THE VILLAGERS ARE CHANTING AND DRUMMING, AND THIS GUY'S JUST JOINED -- WOW.
THEY'RE DEFINITELY GETTING REALLY WHIPPED UP INTO SOME SORT OF FRENZY HERE.
IT'S VERY TRANCE-LIKE, AND I CAN'T TELL WHETHER SOME PEOPLE ARE COMING IN TO TRY TO PROTECT THEM FROM THEMSELVES OR WHAT, BUT IS IS VERY SERIOUS.
Agboglo: YOU SEE THAT THEY ARE CUTTING THEMSELVES AND THEY ARE BLEEDING.
THAT IS THEIR WAY TO OFFER THEIR BLOOD TO THE DIVINITY.
THAT'S THEIR WORSHIP -- INSTEAD OF OFFERING A GOAT OR CHICKEN OR ANIMAL TO THE DIVINITY, THEY PREFER TO OFFER THEIR BLOOD.
Wolfe: AND THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN ANY DRUG TO GET INTO THIS STATE?
NOTHING, NOTHING AT ALL.
IT'S ALL NATURAL.
NO ALCOHOL, NO DRUGS.
IT'S NOT MENTAL, NEITHER, IT'S SPIRITUAL.
I'M GOING TO MOVE IN AND SEE IF I CAN'T GET A BETTER SHOT.
THEY'RE REALLY FRENZIED ACTIVITY.
NOT JUST WITH THE DANCERS, BUT EVEN WITH WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO.
I'M TRYING TO MOVE REALLY FAST, GET DETAILS.
[ CAR HORN ] WOW, WHAT A PLACE HERE, PAUL.
THIS IS THE LARGEST FETISH MARKET IN WEST AFRICA.
THE FETISH MARKET'S LIKE A PHARMACY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A SPIRITUAL PROBLEM.
SO YOU GO TO SEE THE FETISH PRIEST, AND THAT PRIEST WILL TELL YOU TO GO TO THE FETISH MARKET AND BUY SOME ANIMALS THAT -- ALL THE ANIMALS THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE.
I SEE CHAMELEONS, BIRDS, VULTURES, CATS, DOGS.
ANTELOPE SKIN, ALL THESE ITEMS ARE USED TO PREPARE POTION TO CURE DISEASES.
SO ALL THESE DIFFERENT ANIMALS ARE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR VARIOUS ILLNESSES.
YEAH, YEAH.
THE CHAMELEONS, FOR INSTANCE, WHAT DO THEY DO WITH THOSE?
FOR ASTHMA.
FOR ASTHMA.
SO THEY WILL GRIND IT AND THEY'LL GET A POWDER OUT OF IT AND MIX THAT POWDER WITH HONEY, AND SO THEY'LL LICK IT.
SO THEY'LL LICK THE POWDER OF A GROUND-UP, DESICCATED CHAMELEON FOR ASTHMA.
I'M SO GLAD I DON'T HAVE ASTHMA.
I SEE AN OSTRICH EGG HERE, TURTLES, MONITOR LIZARD, WHAT ARE THESE LITTLE GUYS?
YEAH, YOU KNOW THIS, YOU CALL THEM TWIN DOLL, SO WHEN SOMEBODY HAS GIVE BIRTH TO TWINS, AND ONE HAPPENED TO DIE, IT HAPPENED THAT ONE OF THEM DIED, SO THEY WOULD REPLACE HIM OR HER BY THIS FIGURE.
SO THIS FIGURE WOULD BE TREATED LIKE A HUMAN -- A LIVING HUMAN BEING.
WE BELIEVE THAT WITCHES CAN TAKE THE FORM OF BIRDS, SO TO MAKE A POWDER AGAINST WITCHES' ATTACK, SO THEY'LL BURN ALL THE BIRDS AND GET A BLACK POWDER, AND SO THEY WILL CUT THE PERSON, AND WHEN THE PERSON STARTS BLEEDING, THEY'LL PUT THE BLACK POWDER IN THE BLOOD, SO YOU'LL ARE VACCINATED AGAINST WITCHES' ATTACK.
[ Laughing ] A BIT SHOCKING FOR YOU.
IT'S PRETTY SHOCKING TO ME.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS WEST AFRICA.
YEAH.
WE ARE IN THE HOUSE OF THE FETISH PRIEST.
HELLO.
BONJOUR.
HELLO.
Agboglo: THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACE IN THE SHRINE.
SO ONCE A PATIENT'S BROUGHT HERE TO THE FETISH PRIEST, HE IS TO BLESS THEM.
WHAT IS A FETISH, AND WHAT'S THE POWER OF IT?
YOU SEE THAT FIGURE OR THE MANY FIGURES HERE?
THEY ARE WOOD, THEY'RE IN WOOD, WOOD CARVING, BUT THEY ARE BLESSED, SO ONCE THEY ARE BLESSED, THEY CONTAIN A POWER, MAGICAL POWER, OR VOODOO POWER.
THEY ARE CALLED FETISHES.
I'M WATCHING HIM PUT THINGS ON THE GROUND NOW.
WHAT IS THAT THAT HE'S PLAYING?
THESE ARE COLA NUTS SO HE CAN USE, ANYWAY, THE FORM OF THE FOUR COLA NUTS TO PREDICT THE FUTURE OR TO PREDICT WHETHER WE HAVE GOOD LUCK OR BAD LUCK.
I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE ALONE BY MYSELF IN THIS ROOM AT NIGHT.
YEAH, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT USED TO IT.
IT'S VERY POWERFUL.
WE'RE HEADING WESTWARD TO BENIN TO THE SLAVE COAST WHERE THE SPIRITS OF COUNTLESS AFRICANS DEPARTED THEIR HOMELAND.
THIS IS THE GATE OF NO RETURN, THE PLACE WHERE ALL THE SLAVES HAD BEEN TAKEN OUT TO ALL OVER THE WORLD.
SO THIS BEACH WAS THE PLACE WHERE MOST SLAVES CAME THOUGH AND OUT TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.
YEAH, EXACTLY, AND THAT'S EVEN THE REASON WHY THEY CALL THIS COAST "SLAVE COAST."
SO, IS THIS, LIKE, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MONUMENT TO THE SLAVE TRADE?
OH, YES, OH, YES, OH, YES, OH, YES.
IF YOU CAREFULLY LOOK AT THE MONUMENT, YOU SEE THE SHIP IN THE WATER, AND SLAVES ARE CONVOYED TO THE SHIP.
YOU SEE, THEY ARE CHAINED OR SHACKLED, AND THAT'S THE WAY THEY USED TO SEND THEM TO THE BEACH.
AND THEY DO THAT BY NIGHT, AND THE PURPOSE OF DOING THIS IS THAT THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF THAT BUSINESS.
SO IT'S A NIGHT BUSINESS.
TO THINK OF HOW MANY LIVES WERE ALTERED THROUGH THE SLAVE TRADE.
THEY CAME THROUGH THIS BEACH, WERE TAKEN OUT TO SEA, AND ULTIMATELY TO AMERICA.
REALLY POWERFUL LOCATION.
AS I'M TRAVELING THROUGH WEST AFRICA, ONE OF THE DELIGHTFUL DISCOVERIES IS THE SHEER VARIETY OF DRESS AND PATTERNS AND COLOR.
THIS IS WONDERFUL CHAOS.
THIS IS COLORFUL CHAOS.
WHAT'S REALLY NICE RIGHT NOW IS THERE'S THIS BROODING SKY THAT'S COMING OVER THIS VERY COLORFUL MARKET.
THE LIGHT IS SATURATED, THE COLOR IS REALLY RICH, AND I'M SHOOTING IT WITH A FILTER THAT ENABLES ME TO BRING OUT THE BEST COLOR IN THE SKY AND RETAIN THE DETAIL IN THE DRESS.
THE LONG SHADOW OF THE SLAVE TRADE CAN BE FELT EVERYWHERE IN WEST AFRICA.
IN FACT, THE STILTED TOWN OF GANVIé EXISTS BECAUSE OF SLAVE RAIDERS.
Agboglo: THE VILLAGERS HERE, THEY WERE RUNNING AWAY FROM SLAVE RAIDERS, AND SO THEY STAYED -- THEY FOUND SHELTER HERE, AND THEY STAYED HERE.
ACTUAL, THE MEANING OF THE NAME GANVIé MEANS "FREE AT LAST."
THEY DIDN'T HAVE A TRADITION OF BUILDING THEIR HOMES OUT OVER THE WATER BEFORE THAT?
YEAH, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT.
YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM THEY WERE FACING, IT HELPED THEM TO DEVISE THAT WAY OF BUILDING.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK'S HAPPENING HERE?
THESE PEOPLE, THEY ARE COLLECTING BAMBOO.
THESE BAMBOOS ARE USED AS A STICK, STILT.
THEY BUILD HOUSES ON IT.
HELLO, HELLO, HELLO!
[ CHILDREN CALLING ] LOOK AT THESE BOATS.
THERE'S SUCH A GRACEFUL WAY THAT THEY GLIDE THROUGH THE WATER.
[ SPEAKING BENIN LANGUAGE ] DO YOU HAVE A LICENSE TO BE PADDLING THAT BOAT?
AS WE DRIVE THROUGH BENIN, I'M STRUCK BY ITS TIMELESSNESS.
GETTING OFF THE ROAD TO EXPLORE THE SMALL VILLAGES OFTEN YIELDS SPECIAL MOMENTS.
WOW, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL VILLAGE.
I LOVE THE SHAPES OF THESE HUTS.
WHAT VILLAGE IS THIS?
TANEKA, TANEKA VILLAGE.
WOW.
SALAAM ALEYKUM.
ALEYKUM SALAAM.
HI, SALAAM ALEYKUM.
ALEYKUM SALAAM.
VERY NICE.
BEAUTIFUL.
BEAUTIFUL, WHAT IS THIS?
THIS IS THE CHIEF'S STAFF?
YEAH, THAT'S THE CHIEF'S STAFF.
THE LION ON TOP?
LION, SYMBOL OF LEADERSHIP, AS WELL AS THE ELEPHANT, SYMBOL OF SAME.
THIS IS THE CHIEF OF THE VILLAGE, AND YET THIS IS -- THE PRIEST, TISH PRIEST.
ARE THEY EQUAL IN STATURE?
ACTUALLY, THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT ROLE.
THE FETISH PRIEST IS THE SPIRITUAL LEADER OR THE RELIGIOUS LEADER, AND THE CHIEF, ACTUALLY, IS A POLITICAL LEADER, SO, AND -- WELL, BOTH OF THEM, THEY ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
I THINK IN NORTH AMERICAN PLAINS INDIANS, THEY HAD SHAMANS AND THEY HAD CHIEFS, VERY SIMILAR IN STRUCTURE.
TO SAY THE WORLD IS SMALL.
THE WORLD IS SMALL.
THOSE EYES.
RIGHT?
YEAH?
[ Laughs ] I MAKE YOU LOOK YOUNG, DON'T I?
NICE.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
VERY, VERY NICE.
I LOVE THOSE MOMENTS.
REALLY NICE MOMENTS OF SOMEBODY THAT HAS SUCH WISDOM IN THEIR EYES.
IT'S REALLY POWERFUL.
I'VE NEVER SEEN WOOL SPUN LIKE THAT.
IT'S SO SIMPLE.
SHE'S JUST TWISTING IT ON A SIMPLE LITTLE PEG.
IT'S REALLY QUITE LOVELY.
HEY, GUYS.
AM I NOT THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHER YOU'VE EVER SEEN?
PROBABLY THE ONLY PHOTOGRAPHER THEY'VE EVER SEEN.
[ LAUGHS ] DURING FESTIVASEASON, DANCES CAN BE FOUND EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT BENIN'S TINY VILLAGES.
HELLO.
HELLO.
[ SINGING ] THIS VILLAGE DANCE IS REALLY A MORALITY TALE OFFERING A LIFE LESSON.
Agboglo: EACH MASK SHOW SPIRITUAL OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC OR MORAL LIFE IN THE SOCIETY.
THIS MASK, IT'S DENOUNCING THOSE WHO CANNOT CONTROL THEIR SEXUAL LIFE.
IT IS SHOWING THE CONSEQUENCE OF HAVING LOT OF CHILDREN.
WELL, IT'S PRETTY EFFECTIVE.
WHENEVER I COME INTO A NEW SITUATION LIKE THAT, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW EVERYTHING LINES UP, HOW THE PERFORMANCE IS GOING TO BE, AND I TRY TO ADJUST AND I TRY TO MAKE VERY FAST DECISIONS.
SOMETIMES I'M RIGHT, AND A LOT OF TIMES I'M WRONG, BUT THIS HAS THE MAKINGS FOR SOMETHING VERY BEAUTIFUL.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS PART OF WEST AFRICA PRACTICE INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS -- VODUN AND ANIMISM -- BUT THERE ARE REMNANTS OF BENIN'S RICH CULTURAL HISTORY, INCLUDING THESE ISLAMIC TRIBESMEN, THE KOTOKOLI.
THIS IS A REALLY NICE SCENE OF THESE SIX RIDERS COMING DOWN THIS OPEN SAVANNA.
ACTUALLY QUITE EXTRAORDINARY TO THINK THAT THERE'S A HORSE CULTURE HERE IN WEST AFRICA.
BEAUTIFUL.
THESE HORSES APPEAR TO BE DANCING, LITERALLY, TO THE RHYTHM OF THE DRUMS.
RIGHT NOW I'VE GOTTEN SOME PRETTY SHARP SHOTS OF THESE HORSES REALLY PRANCING.
NOW I'M GOING TO TRY SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.
I'M GOING TO TAKE A DELIBERATELY LONG EXPOSURE AND TRY TO CREATE SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE ARTISTIC.
THIS IS A COOL ANGLE.
IT'S INCREDIBLY INSTRUCTIVE AND SATISFYING TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW AN IMAGE AT FULL FRAME IN THE FIELD.
Agboglo: THIS DANCE IS A REALLY EXCITING ONE.
ITS NAME IS EGUNGUN.
EGUNGUN.
EGUNGUN IS THE DANCE OF GHOSTS, AND THE DANCERS ARE POSSESSED BY THE SPIRITS OF THEIR ANCESTORS.
SO THEY'RE KIND OF MIDDLEMEN BETWEEN ANCESTORS AND THE LIVING ONE.
VERY, VERY SPIRITUAL.
THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T TOUCH -- EVEN TOUCH THE DANCERS.
NEVER FORGET, DON'T TOUCH THEM.
I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
THESE DANCERS ARE TERRORIZING THE PARTICIPANTS.
THE AUDIENCE IS TAUNTING THE DANCERS, SO THE DANCERS RESPOND BY CHASING THEM, AND THEY GO BACK AND FORTH, AND IT'S A GAME OF CAT-AND-MOUSE.
WHEN THE SPIRIT DANCERS CHASE THE CROWD, NOBODY WANTS TO BE TOUCHED BY THEM, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET TOUCHED, EITHER.
[ CHILDREN LAUGHING ] [ LAUGHING ] IT'S JUST LIKE AN ELABORATE BALLET.
I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY DIFFERENT TRADITIONS IN SUCH A SMALL AREA.
WEST AFRICA IS A VERY COLORFUL PLACE.
THESE STRUCTURES ARE REALLY DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING WE'VE SEEN TO DATE.
WHY IS THAT?
Agboglo: YOU KNOW, IT'S BECAUSE OF SLAVERY.
BECAUSE OF SLAVERY.
SLAVERY.
THEY COME TO THE IDEA OF SETTING UP A DWELLING THAT WILL HELP THEM PROTECT THEMSELF AGAINST SLAVE RAIDERS.
SO THEY DON'T ONLY LOOK LIKE CASTLES, THEY REALLY ARE CASTLES.
THEY'RE FORTIFIED HOUSES.
THEY USE JUST MUD, WOOD, AND STRAW.
THAT'S ALL, THESE THREE ELEMENTS, TO MAKE IT BIG AND STRONG.
SO THAT IS -- EVEN IF YOU ARE POOR, YOU DON'T NEED TO BE RICH TO OWN YOUR HOUSE.
Wolfe: I'M GETTING A GREAT SHOT RIGHT NOW OF THIS OLDER LADY WITH THIS VERY TRADITIONAL HEADDRESS, AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE SHOT IS I'VE POSITIONED HER IN FRONT OF A DARK A SPOT, AND BEYOND HER IS A LIGHT SPOT AND ANOTHER DOOR, SO THERE'S A REALLY NICE PACING OF LIGHT, DARK, LIGHT, DARK THAT GOES IN A RHYTHM THROUGHOUT THIS PHOTO.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY NICE IS THE STUDY OF TEXTURES AND THE MONOCHROMATIC COLORS OF BEIGE THAT REALLY RUN THROUGHOUT THE PHOTO, SO IT'S VERY UNIFIED ON MULTIPLE LEVELS.
IT'S A LOVELY, LOVELY SHOT.
WHAT I'VE DONE NOW IS I'VE GOT THIS LADY, SAME LADY I JUST PHOTOGRAPHED, INSIDE AND SILHOUETTED AGAINST THE ADOBE WALL.
AND IT JUST MAKES A VERY PROVOCATIVE SHOT, AND IT'S PROVOCATIVE BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE HER FACE, AND YOU ONLY RESPOND TO SHAPE AND OUTLINE OF HUMAN BODY.
CERTAINLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I'M ABLE TO DO NOW THAT I WAS NEVER ABLE TO DO IN THE DAYS I SHOT FILM IS TO SHOW THE PEOPLE I'M PHOTOGRAPHING EXACTLY WHAT I'VE SHOT, AND IT'S REALLY A NICE WAY OF CONNECTING TO THE PEOPLE, RIGHT?
[ LAUGHS ] SHE SAID "RIGHT."
[ WOMEN SINGING, RHYTHMIC BEATING ] IT'S REALLY AMAZING HOW RHYTHM PERMEATES EVERY ASPECT OF THIS CULTURE.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON EVENING OUT THE COURTYARD WITH A MIXTURE OF MUD AND WATER, AND I'VE FOUND IT, AS USUAL, A REALLY ENGAGING SUBJECT.
[ THUNDER ] PAUL, THIS SEEMS LIKE A VERY CHAOTIC SCENE HERE TODAY.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
THEY'RE HAVING A FIRE DANCE.
A FIRE DANCE.
FIRE DANCE.
SO WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A FIRE DANCE?
IT'S ABOUT SHOWING THE SPIRITUAL POWER OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE.
[ CHANTING ] [ DRUMMING ] IT'S NOT EASY TO HANDLE FIRE, BUT THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE SO STRONG, AND THEY CAN TOUCH IT, THEY'LL NOT BE BURNED AT ALL.
THEY ARE POSSESSED BY THE SPRITS, AND IT'S A REALLY SPIRITUAL BUSINESS.
THEY'RE LITERALLY LAYING IN THE FIRE, EATING COALS, DEMONSTRATING THEIR STRENGTH... AND THEIR POWER OVER WITCHCRAFT.
EVERYWHERE I'VE BEEN IN WEST AFRICA, I KEEP ON FINDING SOMETHING COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED.
FOR ME, IT'S ALL BIZARRE AND IT'S ALL GREAT.
I'M ART WOLFE.
JOIN ME NEXT TIME ON "TRAVELS TO THE EDGE."
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