Wednesday 20 July 2011

Male Slaves Returning as Revenants/Kouvito?


These are 2 pictures of ‘revenants’ (one coming back) or ‘kouvito’ in Fon.  They are mediums for the spirits of the dead. It is believed that many of the men taken away to the New World as slaves returned to Africa after they passed away as revenants.  Did our male ancestors return to Benin as revenants?

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