Between Authenticity and Nostalgia: The Making of a Yoruba Tradition in Southern Benin

Joël Noret is an anthropologist, a Research Associate at the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS, Belgium), and a member of the Laboratoire d'Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains (LAMC) of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). His main research interests include funerals and religious change in southern Benin. jnoret@ulb.ac.be