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BeninThe Republic of Benin is a small nation of western Africa. Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of government.
Benin is considered the home of the Voodoo religion. One book regarding this subject is Voodoo by by Henning Christoph[?] and Hans Oberlander[?]. Much of the material in these articles comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the 2003 U.S. Department of State website.
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forth." Quoth Ni'amah, "If that be so, I will take her to wife."
him, "O my son, she is thy handmaid." So he wedded and went in
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learnt the Koran and read works of science and excelled in music
her singing she surpassed all the folk of her time. Now one day
lute, tightened the strings, and sang these two couplets,
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Commander of the Faithful, Abd al-Malik bin Marwan, for he hath
summoned an old woman of the duennas of his wives and said to
Naomi and combine means to carry her off; for her like is not to
bidding; the next morning she donned the woollen clothes of a
thousand; and, henting in hand a staff and a leather water bottle
and ceased to say her permitted. All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
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