Ritual servitude is a practice in Ghana, Togo, and Benin where traditional religious shrines (popularly called fetish shrines in Ghana) take human beings...

Benin, a form of (forced) religious prostitution known as trokosi ("ritual servitude") forcibly keeps thousands of girls and women in traditional shrines...

various forms throughout history, including single-owner bondage and ritual servitude linked to religious practices in regions such as Ghana, Togo, and Benin...

The ceremonial disembowelment, which is usually part of a more elaborate ritual and performed in front of spectators, consists of plunging a short blade...

Deuteronomy guaranteed freedom to a Hebrew after a fixed duration of servitude), but none abolished slavery, and even what protections were instituted...

Gambaga Witch camp Witchcraft in Ghana Prayer camps Spirit children Ritual servitude Fetish priest Igwe, Leo (13 June 2022). "Witch Camps and Politics of...

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collar, other jewelry may be worn as a token of their dedication and servitude to their Master/Mistress. A slave who has satisfied the duration of the...

persists, despite being illegal in Ghana since 1998. In this system of ritual servitude, sometimes called trokosi (in Ghana) or voodoosi in Togo and Benin...

entire lifetime of being a deuki. Devadasi Religious prostitution Ritual servitude Global Press institute:Women Sacrificed to Gods Struggle to Rehabilitate...

عبادة, ‘ibādah, also spelled ibada) is an Arabic word meaning service or servitude. In Islam, ibadah is usually translated as “worship”, and ibadat—the plural...

intentionally made by brothers, including fecal matter, urine, and dead animals. Servitude such as waiting on others (as at fraternity parties) or other forms of...

Archived 10 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine "What is child hierodulic servitude?". Anti-Slavery Society. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016...

priest. In 1998, a law was passed in Ghana that abolished "customary or ritual servitude." Efforts have been made by both the government and non-governmental...

contemporary American extreme metal bands. Their tenth and latest album, Servitude, was released on September 27, 2024. The Black Dahlia Murder began its...

of those held in servitude were also at times considered to be in the same state as that of their parents. These types of servitude were the most common...

Governor, leaving the position in 1748. As a little child, he lived in ritual servitude at a fetish shrine, Digbla of Gbugla of his mother's Ga-Dangme traditional...

bread, a blasphemer Behar, on Leviticus 25–25: Sabbatical year, debt servitude limited Bechukotai, on Leviticus 26–27: Blessings and curses, payment...

body" (not a universal requirement) Be a "Free Man," meaning not bound by servitude or slavery Receive a favorable vote from the lodge members In Continental...

infanticide, specifically, superstitious killing of twins as well as ritual servitude and slavery, child labour and trafficking. He encouraged parents to...

established there including the Initiative against shrine slavery ritual servitude and the Initiative for Street children. Since 1999 three tendencies...

Krishna is said to be satiated only by devotional service in loving servitude, personified by Radha. Various devotees worship her to attain Krishna...

other former handmaids, but she prefers this new life over her old one in servitude. Lydia visits Lawrence in New Bethlehem to plead for Janine's release...

the punishment for maiming of cattle was three to fourteen years' penal servitude; malicious injury to other animals was a misdemeanor punishable on summary...

missionaries attempted to convert East Indians during the indentured servitude period, but this was met with little success. In response to Christian...

actions. When constrained, their noble natures turn instead to remove their servitude, because men desire what they are denied. Some modern Thelemites consider...

divinatory associations: 5. THE HIEROPHANT.--Marriage, alliance, captivity, servitude; by another account, mercy, and goodness; inspiration; the man to whom...

in the revolutions that had helped to free the arts from “servitude to a materialistic ritual”. They also called on artists to follow the example of Piet...

three years of penal servitude. Michael Cleary was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to twenty years of penal servitude; he spent fifteen years...

Dominance and submission (D/s) is a set of behaviors, customs, and rituals involving the submission of one person to another in an erotic episode or lifestyle...