# Vodun · The Canon · The Atlas · The Congregation of Tomorrow

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Vodun
West African Vodun; Dahomey religion
c.1600 CE – present · African & Diasporic · Living · Benin, Togo, Ghana, southwest Nigeria
V. THE MEDIEVAL WORLD — c.500 – 1500 CE
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### Its timeline
- c.1600–1894 CE Kingdom of Dahomey; Vodun is the state religion. The kingdom's female regiment, the Agojie, had a religious as well as military status.
- <strong>1600s–1860s CE</strong> Dahomey participates heavily in the slave trade; the Door of No Return at Ouidah is the departure point. Vodun crosses to Haiti, Louisiana and Brazil.
- 1894 CE French conquest; Vodun is suppressed and driven underground.
- 1975–1989 CE Marxist rule in Benin bans Vodun as feudal superstition.
- <strong>1996 CE</strong> Benin recognises Vodun as an official religion and establishes the annual National Vodun Day on 10 January.
- 1990s–present Benin promotes Vodun heritage tourism and formally invites the descendants of the enslaved to return.
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