When a Benedictine monastery in Zagnanado, Benin, was closed in 1989, the monastic community at Koubri took in six of the young monks.
After nine years of formation at the abbey, these monks returned to Hékanmè in Benin's Archdiocese of Coutonou to restart monastic life there.
[2] In the Benedictine spirit, the monks of Koubri attempt to maintain self-sufficiency by means of manual labor.
The monks also administer a guest house and retreat facilities for visitors, and provide meeting-space for Catholic Action.
The monastery strives to offer an environment of silence and prayer of which local Christians may take advantage.