The practice of voodoo began in West Africa, before being taken to the Americas by the enslaved. In countries like Togo, Ghana, or Nigeria the religion is very much alive.
Many people believe healers using animal parts and strange talismans can invoke spirits with their rituals and solve their problems. And if there’s one place where voodoo priests can stock up on their supplies, it’s the Akodessewa Fetish Market, in Togo’s capital city.
Lomé is the birthplace of the largest Voodoo market in the world – a kind of super supply store for fetishes, charms and anything else one might need for a ritual.
The Akodessewa Fetish Market, or Marche des Feticheurs, is recognized as the largest fetish market in the world, a place where Voodoo practitioners can find anything they need for their rituals.
From leopard heads to voodoo priests who bless and create fetishes or predict the future and make medicines to heal.
