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	Voodoo: Mounted by the Gods - Alberto Venzago An unprecedented glimpse into the mysterious world of Voodoo, this spellbinding companion to the documentary produced by Wim Wenders presents photos and film stills by celebrated photojournalist Alberto Venzago. In 1988, Albert Venzago set out to cross Africa on a Vespa. After miles in the blistering heat, it broke down in a remote village in Benin. There he encountered Mahounon, one of the most influential voodoo priests of West Africa. Abandoning his planned trip, Venzago set out instead on an odyssey through the world of African voodoo, to which he and his camera gained extraordinary access. The result is a groundbreaking documentary and this accompanying book. Venzago followed Mahounon with his camera for nearly ten years, filming secret voodoo ceremonies and sacrificial rituals. He witnessed Mahounon's extraordinary search for a successor, and he watched as the anointed eleven-year old boy, Gounon, was schooled in black and white magic, rituals, and the intricate workings of the Fa, or voodoo oracle. Venzago's camera evokes the religious ecstasy of these ceremonies as well as their otherworldly atmosphere. His photographs illuminate voodoo culture and religion Publisher: Prestel ISBN: 3791329839 Published: 2003 Language: German, English and French Hardcover: 224 pages, 310 x 250 mm Price: £35.00


	Annie Caulfield - Show Me the Magic: Travels Round Benin By Taxi Annie Caulfield is discovering Benin under the charge of eccentric, endlessly talkative taxi driver Isidore. Having taken her under his wing, he is showing her the sights whilst providing his frequently bizarre, but always extraordinary, commentary on everything from ancient times to the day-to-day. Their adventures, as they rattle round Benin in his battered Peugeot, take them on a grand tour of the fantastic and the bewildering, from meetings with kings and shamans, to magical vodou ceremonies. Funny and tragic in equal measure, Caulfield and Isidore's journey is a startling and strange trip right into the heart of modern Africa. Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0141001364 Published: 2003 Paperback: 384 pages, 129 x 198 mm Price: £7.99

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