Bois-Caïman 2025: Vodou’s Top Leader Issues Appeal for Peace and Unity

Two hundred and fifty-four years after the founding ceremony of Bois-Caïman, the global spiritual leader of Vodou, His Eminence Daagbo Hounon, delivered a solemn message to the Haitian people, reaffirming the historical ties between Africa and its diasporas.

Jean Junior Celestin
14 Aug 2025 — Lecture : 2 min.

On the occasion of the commemoration of Bois-Caïman, a key event of the Haitian Revolution, His Eminence Daagbo Hounon Tomadjl&Houkpon I Houwamenou Metogbokandji, Sovereign Pontiff and Global Pastor of Vodun, spoke via videoconference to honor the memory of the ancestors and strengthen the spiritual bonds between Benin and Haiti.

He recalled that the night of August 13–14, 1791 was “the foundation of the Vodun of humanity,” a moment when “the spirits, for the cause of the dignity and freedom of Blac

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