Luca Beneventi is an independent scholar. He holds a PhD in Social Anthropology (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia). He was previously part of MEBAO (Ethnological mission Bènin and Western Africa) and is a founding member of the Ethnological Laboratory of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. He has conducted fieldwork in North- Western Ghana since 2005, particularly on secrecy, festival and ritual.