Figure 1. Brazilian President Luiz Inÿcio Lula da Silva and Honoré Feliciano Juliĕo de Souza (Chacha VIII). Singbomey, Ouidah, Benin. February 10, 2006. Photograph by Ricardo Stuckert, Secretaria de Comunicaçĕo Social, Presidncêia da República, Brazil.

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Figure 2. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visits the Gate of No Return. Ouidah, Benin. February 10, 2006. Photograph by Ricardo Stuckert, Secretaria de Comunicação Social, Presidência da República, Brazil.

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Figure 3. Anastase Gadzanis, Daagbo Agbessin Hounon Houna, Pierre Verger, and Pai Balbino during the festival “Ouidah 92.” February 1993, Benin. Unknown author. Courtesy of Pierre Verger Foundation Archives.

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Figure 4. Amazon at “Place Chacha,” Sculpture of “Ouidah 92,” by Cyprien Tokoudagba. Ouidah, Benin. Photograph by Ana Lucia Araujo, 2005.

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Figure 5. Fresco in the Dagoun Vodun temple. Ouidah, Benin. Photograph by Ana Lucia Araujo, 2005.

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Figure 6. Fresco in the Dagoun Vodun temple. Ouidah, Benin. Photograph by Ana Lucia Araujo, 2005.

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