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Festivals
The festivals are the visible surface of the coast’s living religion. We accompany the most documented and most rigorous.
The festivals are the most public expression of the spiritual and political life of the coast. Vodun Days in Ouidah, Panafest in Cape Coast, Hogbetsotso in Volta, Ogua Festival in Cape Coast — these are not events to be attended as tourist spectacle; they are religious-civic celebrations with practitioners and communities at their centre. We accompany the ones we have walked enough times to write about with care.
— Eight festivals to come
Eight festivals in editorial development
January · Benin
Vodun Days
The annual Vodun festival at Ouidah, 10 January. The most visible expression of Beninese state-recognised Vodun.
July–August · Ghana
Panafest
Pan-African Historical Theatre Festival in Cape Coast. Memorial pilgrimage of the Black Atlantic.
November · Ghana
Hogbetsotso
The Anlo-Ewe festival of return. Volta region. Annual reaffirmation of community memory.
September · Ghana
Ogua Festival
Cape Coast traditional festival. Royal-civic celebration with deep ritual structure.
September · Togo
Evala
Kabye initiation wrestling festival in northern Togo. Coming-of-age rite of the entire region.
July · Togo
Agbogbo-Za
Festival of the Ewe of Togo. Memorial of migration and reaffirmation of lineage.
— Plug a festival into your journey
Our custom 10-day programme can be built around a festival.
For groups that want to encounter the coast through one of its festivals, we tailor the 10-day custom programme around the festival dates.