Stage 5, 5 January
Abomey
Entering the memory of the kingdoms
What do we really know about our ancestors, before their story was told from elsewhere?
Why this stage matters in the search for our roots
Understanding the societies before and during the slave trade gives our ancestors back their historical depth.
Abomey was the heart of the kingdom of Danxomè. Entering it means understanding an organised society, with its power, its arts and its memory, and its place in the history of the slave trade.
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What we will discover
Singbodji square
The history of the kingdom of Danxomè
A cultural evening of Vodoun dance
The Kalọ̀ sí ilé® experience
I understand the kingdoms
We enter the memory of the kingdoms, with guides who tell it from Abomey, not from elsewhere.
In the evening, Vodoun dance brings to life what the stories passed on.
Highlight
The cultural evening of Vodoun dance in Abomey.
What the traveller takes home
Another story of the ancestors: one of kingdoms, powers and cultures.
Entering the memory of the kingdoms.
What if the return began here?