1. Skip to content
  2. Skip to main menu
  3. Skip to more DW sites

US history teacher visits ancestral homeland

01:59

This browser does not support the video element.

Rodrigue Guezodje
October 13, 2021

Valentina Alexandre is a history teacher and tour guide in the United States. The young woman was born in Haiti and traveled to Benin to learn more about her ancestry.

"I was absolutely told through my research, through what I’ve talked to people about that you definitely have to come and visit Ouidah. And so coming here into the Sacred Forest has been eye-opening. Getting to see the rituals, getting to understand a lot more about the religion of Vodun, it also helps me as a tourist and a visitor to understand my own culture in Haiti," Valentina Alexandre says. 

Skip next section DW's Top Story

DW's Top Story

Skip next section More stories from DW