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Join me on a journey that blends the personal with the mystical, as I sit down with my Vodou mother, Martine de Souza for an enlightening conversation about Vodou, one of Africa’s most ancient and indigenous traditions. 

Mama Martine, with her ancestral history of both slave traders and slaves, brings to life her temple space's significance in ouidah - the cradle of Vodou and the primary deporting port during transatlantic slavery times. In this episode, she dives into the story behind my Vodou name – ‘Wedosi’ – and her mission to illuminate Vodou as a profound spirituality.

We also delve into the gripping narrative of how Vodou teetered on the brink of oblivion in the 1970s in Benin, and how the people & nature came to a stand to prevent this to happen. If you’re curious about Vodou and mama Martine, the woman who initiated me, join us in this conversation and we’ll take you on a beautiful journey. 

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YOU CAN HELP A YOUNG MEN’S DREAM COME TRUE! 

Credo is one of the young men who lives in Mama Martine’s house. Mama Martine found him on the streets when he was only 6 years old. He and his brother ran away from home, from an abusive stepmother that would hit them and not feed them. 

When he came to mama Martine she noticed he was always playing with fabrics and a needle to sew things. That’s why she educated him in the profession of tailor. He completed this now and likes it…

but…in his heart, he has 1 big passion!! Vodou!! He is always around Martine supporting her with the ceremonies and knows all the rituals, but he never managed to save enough money to go through his first initiation ceremony.

As you can imagine, in a country where 40% of the people live below the poverty line of $2 a day, it’s not easy to gather the funds to live a life with your biggest passion. And the initiations are very expensive for the people here.

I WANT TO SURPRISE HIM AND SHOW HIM ITS POSSIBLE TO LIVE HIS DREAM!

AND YOU CAN HELP CREDO MAKE HIS DREAM COME TRUE!!

I’m taking this opportunity to ask you to help make Credo’s dreams come true so he can finally take the first step in the initiation process. We need €650 for this.

If you want to contribute to his dream, then you can go to this GoFundMe link and make a donation for him. Every contribution, no matter what amount will be truly appreciated! 

P.P.S.

Mama Martine has many projects that I want to support on a consistent basis, we are having meetings to see how we can best set this up.

If we raise more than €650, the extra money will go to a project that supports school books to children that don’t have parents or have parents that cannot afford them.