The Bariba are one of the non-Western cultures I mentioned where the cultural ideal is for women to give birth alone; post #16 http://pregnancyandchildbirtharoundtheworld.blogspot.com/2012/01/16-freebirthing-dude.html
The Bariba number about half a million straddling the borders of Benin, Nigeria and Burkina Faso, and are nominally Muslim. However, like many cultures they have not abandoned their traditional ‘pagan’ religion, and daily life is influenced by both religions.
Their traditional religion gives the Bariba a strong belief in witches and sorcery (this is the part of the world where voodoo originated).
