Ouidah III is an arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune...
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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)...
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Arrondissements of Benin (section Ouidah)
Ségbohoué, Tokpa-Domè Avlékété, Djégbadji, Gakpè, Ouakpé-Daho, Ouidah I, Ouidah II, Ouidah III, Ouidah IV, Pahou, Savi Ahomey-Lokpo, Dékanmey, Ganvié I, Ganvié...
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their empire, Akwamu extended 400 kilometres (250 mi) along the coast from Ouidah, Benin in the East to Winneba, Ghana, in the West. The Akwamu are one of...
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Consul Heinrich Ludwig Randad Jr., resident agent of the firm C. Goedelts at Ouidah, was appointed as the first commissioner for the territory. In 1899, Germany...
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prosperous. It set up six forts on the Gold Coast, and another post at Ouidah, farther east on the Slave Coast, which became its principal centre for...
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and traders to West African coasts. These memoirs mention such cities as Ouidah and Abomey. Among the most circulated texts are those of Archibald Dalzel...
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2006. Retrieved February 6, 2021. "Erskine May on Slavery in Britain (Vol. III, Chapter XI)". Retrieved November 2, 2017. Barrowman, James (September 14...
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5406/illinois/9780252038884.003.0008. Rush, Dana (2001). "Contemporary Vodun Arts of Ouidah, Benin". African Arts. 34 (4): 32–96. doi:10.2307/3337805. ISSN 0001-9933...
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Consul Heinrich Ludwig Randad Jr., resident agent of the firm C. Goedelts at Ouidah, was appointed as the first commissioner for the territory. The most important...
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with Davis to sail alongside Olivier Levasseur. They captured ships off Ouidah in 1720 after which Leveasseur left to raid the East Indies. Cocklyn and...
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Initially established as a war camp for soldiers from the Kingdom of Benin. Ouidah Kingdom of Whydah Benin 16th century AD The primary port of the Kingdom...
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flows were instrumental in the development of the powerful states of Benin, Ouidah and others along the coast.-: 179–83 Between 1500 and 1875 at least 30...
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Moree, the head of Fort Crèvecoeur at Accra, and the head of the factory at Ouidah, on the Dutch Slave Coast. Between 1746 and 1768, the Council consisted...
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Pennsylvania Press. pp. 1, 21, 31. ISBN 978-0-8122-4673-5. Law, Robin (2004). Ouidah: the social history of a West African slaving 'port', 1727–1892. Athens...
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Bandiagara Escarpment (category IUCN Category III)
Dahomey Fatick Ifẹ Igbo-Ukwu Kanem–Bornu Mount Hombori Nri-Igbo Nsukka Ouidah Oyo Point of Sangomar Sangha Sangha Ogol Leye Sine Sine River Somb Tattaguine...
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work was exhibited at the "Ouidah '92" festival, which celebrated Vodun art from Benin and the African Diaspora in Ouidah, Benin in February 1993. Duval-Carrié...
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during the slave trade. Bruce Chatwin's historical novel The Viceroy of Ouidah (1980) is largely based around Francisco Félix de Sousa, the slave trader...
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Africa, their founding patriarch - Francisco Félix de Sousa, the Chacha of Ouidah - was a direct descendant of Tomé de Sousa. He arrived in Dahomey after...
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welcoming people from around the world. Fête du Vodoun: also known as the Ouidah Voodoo Festival. It is centred around their rituals on voodoo temples, with...
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The same year, the tiny Portuguese fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá in Ouidah, a remnant of the West African slave trade, was annexed by the new government...
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post at Ouidah, which according to sources was established around 1670. Political unrest caused the Dutch to abandon their trading post at Ouidah in 1725...
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of several prisoners. Many of the prisoners were also sold as slaves at Ouidah, then called Gléwé(puff adder house).These wars marked the beginning of...
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vol. XXI, No. 1, 21 (1): 1–3, 5, 7–85, JSTOR 29782194 Law, Robin (2004). Ouidah: The Social History of a West African Slaving 'port' 1727-1892. Ohio State...
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Ranger. They captured several vessels in January 1722, then sailed into Ouidah (Whydah) harbour with black flags flying. The eleven ships at anchor there...
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European contact with the area began around 1580 when the Portuguese landed at Ouidah. Trade relationships were established initially between the inhabitants...
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perpetuana was exported to America. The cloth was exchanged for slaves at Ouidah in Benin and at Accra in Ghana. Olfert Dapper, a 17th-century writer, mentioned...
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The Portuguese built forts in neighboring Ghana (at Elmina) and Benin (at Ouidah). Although the coast of Togo had no natural harbors, the Portuguese did...
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the brothers and Biokou were commissioned to contribute statues in Ouidah for Ouidah 92, a festival that brings attention to the African Diaspora in Benin...
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Retrieved 2022-08-24. "Royaume de Nikki : Chabi Naina III pour succéder à sa Majesté Sero Kora III". La Nouvelle Tribune (in French). 2014-08-05. Archived...
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