Ouidah (English: /ˈwiːdə/; French: [wi.da]) or Whydah (/ˈhwɪdə, -ɔː/; Ouidah, Juida, and Juda by the French; Ajudá by the Portuguese; and Fida by the Dutch)...

The Door of No Return is a memorial arch in Ouidah, Benin. The concrete and bronze arch, which stands on the beach, is a memorial to the enslaved Africans...

The Viceroy of Ouidah is a novel published in 1980 by Bruce Chatwin, a British author. Chatwin's novel portrays the life of a fictional slave trader named...

The Ouidah Museum of History (French: Musée d'histoire de Ouidah) is a history museum in Ouidah, Benin. It occupies the Portuguese Fort of São João Baptista...

in old literature as; Hueda, Whidah, Ajuda, Ouidah, Whidaw, Juida, and Juda (Yoruba: Igelefe; French: Ouidah) was a kingdom on the coast of West Africa...

Ouidah I is an arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of...

Viceroy of Ouidah. This book was published in 1980, and Werner Herzog's film Cobra Verde (1987) is based on it. Although The Viceroy of Ouidah received...

Coton Football Club, is a Beninese professional football club based in Ouidah, that competes in the Benin Premier League. The club, originally founded...

final collaboration. Based upon Bruce Chatwin's 1980 novel The Viceroy of Ouidah, the film depicts the life of a fictional slave trader who travels to the...

annually on January 10 throughout the country but most notably in the city of Ouidah. Beginning with the slaughter of a goat in honor of the spirits, the festival...

Ouidah II is an arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of...

Baptista de Ajudá (in English: Fort St. John the Baptist of Ouidah) is a small restored fort in Ouidah, Benin. Built in 1721, it was the last of three European...

Ouidah IV is an arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of...

Ouidah III is an arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune...

that are now part of those countries and went on to become the "chachá" of Ouidah (the slave-trading hub for the region), a title that conferred no official...

Its founder, Francisco Felix de Sousa, was the Brazilian-born viceroy of Ouidah in the Kingdom of Dahomey. After immigrating from Bahia in Brazil to coastal...

The Saint-Gall de Ouidah Major Seminary (French: Grand Séminaire Saint-Gall de Ouidah) is a Roman Catholic Seminary in Ouidah, a Voodoo centre in the...

are competing claimants to the title and it is little recognised outside Ouidah. The forest is a major symbol in Vodún. Vodun practitioners believe that...

Territory located in present-day Benin. English: Whydah; French: Ouidah (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) http://www.rulers.org/benitrad...

2017 nonfiction children's book Ouidah, city and colonial fort in present Benin Kingdom of Whydah, which included Ouidah but was headquartered in Savi This...

Cobra Verde Drama Werner Herzog Klaus Kinski  West Germany The Viceroy of Ouidah Bruce Chatwin 1993 Alex Haley's Queen (TV series) Historical drama John...

had attacked their home. The Dahomeyans transported their prisoners to Ouidah, a coastal port for slave trading. Captain William Foster of the Clotilda...

traditional Vodun deities and used as the basis for murals in Vodun temples. The Ouidah '92 festival, held in Benin in 1993, celebrated the removal of restrictions...

824 Djougou - 94,773 Bohicon - 93,744 Kandi - 56,043 Natitingou - 53,284 Ouidah - 47,616 Lokossa - 47,247 Abomey Abomey-Calavi Adja-Ouere Adjarra Adjohoun...

Catholic minor basilica dedicated to the Immaculate Conception located in Ouidah, Benin. The basilica is in the Latin Church Archdiocese of Cotonou. The...

Apostolic Vicariate of Dahomey 13 May 1948: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Ouidah 14 September 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotonou The seat...

Dahomey, and King Behanzin was exiled to Algeria. The Portuguese fort at Ouidah was destroyed by the army of Dahomey in 1743 during its conquest of the...

genus, and was originally named from the city of Ouidah in Benin. Nowadays the name whydah (i.e. Ouidah) is however applied to the long-tailed species of...

depicted as a rainbow. Damballa originated in the city of Wedo (Whydah or Ouidah) in modern-day Benin. Damballa is said to be the sky father and the primordial...

individuals, likely more than half, were embarked from the beach south of Ouidah, which lacked formal port facilities. The other primary port from which...