The Dahomey Amazons (Fon: Agojie, Agoji, Mino, or Minon) were a Fon all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey (in today's Benin, West Africa)...
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military unit called the Dahomey Amazons by European observers, and the elaborate religious practices of Vodun. The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth...
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Fon people (section Dahomey Amazons)
early 19th-century European traders for their N'Nonmiton practice, or Dahomey Amazons – which empowered their women to serve in the military, who decades...
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(this is possibly the beginning of the Dahomey Amazons). The Whydah royal family had assumed that the Dahomey army had been weakened in the war with Oyo...
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In Greek mythology, the Amazons (Ancient Greek: Ἀμαζόνες Amazónes, singular Ἀμαζών Amazōn; in Latin Amāzon, -ŏnis) are portrayed in a number of ancient...
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1017/s0021853700013566. Alpern, Stanley B. (1998). "On the Origins of the Amazons of Dahomey". History in Africa. 25: 9–25. doi:10.2307/3172178. Bay, Edna (1998)...
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Second Franco-Dahomean War (category 1890s in the Kingdom of Dahomey)
86 Dahomey regulars and 417 Dahomey Amazons. The French suffered six dead and 32 wounded. The French bayonet charge inflicted most of the Dahomey casualties...
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"the Amazons", a bodyguard unit of Muammar Gaddafi Amazons Company, a Greek ceremonial female battalion Dahomey Amazons, a Fon regiment Amazon Eve (born...
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Seh-Dong-Hong-Beh (category 19th century in the Kingdom of Dahomey)
Seh-Dong-Hong-Beh (meaning, "God Speaks true") was a leader of the Dahomey Amazons. In 1851, she led an all-female army consisting of 6,000 warriors against...
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Amazonian Guard (redirect from Amazon guards)
offered a choice between suicide and executing rebels. Libya portal Dahomey Amazons The Dictator, a Sacha Baron Cohen film parodying the Guard Fish Speakers...
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Béhanzin (category Kings of Dahomey)
flag of the tricolour would protect him, the Fon commanded one of his Dahomey Amazons to behead him and wrap his head in the flag. France responded by fortifying...
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Houegbadja (category Kings of Dahomey)
with creating the Dahomey Amazons (although this claim is considered unlikely). Houegbadja is often considered the first king of Dahomey because of the establishment...
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First Franco-Dahomean War (category 1890 in the Kingdom of Dahomey)
commanded one of his Dahomey Amazons to behead him and wrap his head in the flag. Then in March of that year, France sent a mission to Dahomey's capital of Abomey...
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anthology Amazons! The short story is included as part of the series Dossouye, about the real-life female warriors of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey, gathered...
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Dahomey instituted an elite female soldier corps variously called Ahosi (the king's wives), Mino ("our mothers" in Fongbe), or the "Dahomean Amazons"...
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Ghezo (category Kings of Dahomey)
Ghezo, also spelled Gezo, was King of Dahomey (present-day Republic of Benin) from 1818 until 1858. Ghezo replaced his brother Adandozan (who ruled from...
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displayed as trophies by a contingent of female soldiers—Dahomey Amazons—employed by the King of Dahomey (present-day Republic of Benin). Duncan noted that...
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Evangelical Africa Society and the Rhenish Missionary Society. In 1890, the "Dahomey Amazons", a corps of men and women from German Togoland were put on exhibition...
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College. He is killed by the Dahomey Amazons. Kirk - A slave-trader aboard the Balliol College. He is captured by the Dahomey Amazons and last seen being raped...
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Agaja (category Kings of Dahomey)
Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, who ruled from 1718 until 1740. He came to the throne after his brother King Akaba. During his reign, Dahomey expanded...
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Mouneissa Tandina and Pamela Badjogo. The name of the group refers to the Dahomey Amazons, which was a female elephant hunting group and a military regiment...
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Bostock in 1896. Bostock promoted her as a member of the legendary Dahomey Amazons, a famous all-female fighting force. He gave her the stage name Mademoiselle...
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Battle of Atchoukpa (category 1890 in the Kingdom of Dahomey)
King Toffa I's warriors, fought off a force of 7,000 Dahomey warriors and 2,000 Dahomey Amazons under King Béhanzin who were set to march on Porto-Novo...
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Elephant hunting by the Dahomey Amazons depicted in Le Tour du Monde in 1863...
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(bird), a genus of myna starlings Dahomey Amazons, or Mino, a military unit of female warriors in the kingdom of Dahomey Flip Video Mino, a small camcorder...
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King Ghezo overthrow his brother Adandozan as King of Dahomey with the help of Ghezo's Dahomey Amazons. Herzog approached Chatwin about adapting his work...
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Hangbe (category 18th century in the Kingdom of Dahomey)
queens regnant History of the Kingdom of Dahomey Stanley B. Alpern (1998). "On the Origins of the Amazons of Dahomey". History in Africa. 25: 9–25. doi:10...
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she undertook a journey across Benin, West Africa, to search for the Dahomey Amazons. She left the production of The Woman King in which she had previously...
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the scarred Dahomey Amazons or Mino, meaning "Our Mothers" in the Fon language). It was a mixing of the traditions of the army of the Dahomey, which was...
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Milaje share similarities with the Dahomey Amazons (Agoji), the all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey, which was located in West Africa...
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