The Niger River
At 2600 miles, the Niger is the tenth longest river in the world and the third longest in Africa. Its source had been discovered by the late 18th century, but its course was a great mystery for decades.
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Benin
Ghosts of the Past: Slave Trade in Ouidah
Oudiah was the absolute centre of the slave trade. Once a thriving port where slave traders built colonial mansions, reminders of the past are ever present.
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Music Travel Videos 2
Each track, many originally composed for a variety of our iconic series’, has been set to pictures of the destination.
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Fetish Markets and Temples in West Africa
Fetish items include witchcraft and the sexual; a cast iron penis “for sexual performance improvement” retails at around $250 to import to the western world.
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Do You Do Voodoo? – The Real Story Behind the Tribal Myth
The very word Voodoo conjures up mysterious images of zombies, plastic effigies with pins stuck in them capable of causing physical harm, and bizarre rituals in the dead of night in which bloody sacrifices are made.
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