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Society: Benin

Includes anthropology, demography, sociology, ethnic groups, women and gender studies, diasporas.

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Amnesty International (http://www.amnesty.org)
‘Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards.' The English language homepage provides articles on human rights questions and abuses in countries around the globe.

Archives nationales du Bénin (http://www.unesco.org/webworld/archives/benin/anb.htm)
In French. Describes the collections, publications, a photo exhibition of contemporary Benin, 1962 photographs.

Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.

Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp)
Searching this comprehensive English language ethnological site by country name will yield lists and articles of the languages and linguistic groups spoken and read in it.

TRADITIONAL RELIGION IN AFRICA: The Vodun phenomenon in Benin (http://afrikaworld.net/afrel/zinzindohoue.htm)
Discusses the origin of the gods in Vodoun/Vodun Religion of the people of South Benin.

Vodoun: The World's Oldest Spiritual Tradition (http://www.MamiWata.com/Vodoun.html)
Religious practices of enslaved Africans in Southern United States.

West African Dahomean Vodoun (http://www.mamiwata.com/index1.html)
Site features both Dahomean Vodoun and Mami Wata traditions of West Africa, with articles on these and other African Traditional Religions in Benin, Togo and Ghana: bibliography; links to related pages.

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