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Order of the Black Star (346 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

knighthood established on 1 December 1889 at Porto-Novo by Toffa, future king of Dahomey (today the Republic of Benin). Approved and recognised by the French

Tado (165 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Benin. It is also the reputed birthplace of Gangnihessou, the first king of Dahomey, in the 16th century. The Awomefia stool of Anlo in Ghana is reputed

Jacob Elet (397 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

century who is especially known for having visited in 1733 Agaja, the king of Dahomey, and for having kept a diary chronicling the trip. Jacob Elet was born

Seh-Dong-Hong-Beh (527 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

exchange for firm promises to give up their lucrative business. Guezo, King of Dahomey had an army of 3,000 women, to each of whom he was married, having

Cinema of Benin (322 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1970's Le roi est mort en exil, an examination of Béhanzin, the last king of Dahomey. He went on to make the feature-length Le nouveau venu (1972), which

Zinkpo (319 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

throne, wood carved". It was a replica of the throne of the seventh king of Dahomey, Kpengla. It was given as a gift by ambassadors of the king Adandozan

History of the Kingdom of Dahomey (3,146 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the city of Cotonou into a protectorate; although taxation of the King of Dahomey was to remain in effect. In 1883, the French received similar concessions

Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (2,126 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from the beach, the three forts were "subject to the insults of the king of Dahomey". Each year, the directors of the three forts were required to travel

Yaya Migansi (401 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

present-day Benin. Her father was Glele (died 1889), who was the 10th king of Dahomey from 1858 to 1889. Her mother was Miagbe, also known as Hoonon Magnitin

Yoruba Americans (1,361 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

slaves imported to the modern United States from Benin were sold by the King of Dahomey, in Whydah. The slaves brought with them their cultural practices,

Africatown (4,160 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

present-day Nigeria. They had been taken captive by forces of the King of Dahomey. He sold them into slavery at the market of Whydah. The captured people

Cobra Verde (1,007 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

his role in helping King Ghezo overthrow his brother Adandozan as King of Dahomey with the help of Ghezo's Dahomey Amazons. Herzog approached Chatwin

Second Franco-Dahomean War (1,292 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

which survived the fire and remains in modern Benin to this day. The king of Dahomey fled to Atcheribé, 48 km (30 mi) north of the capital. Attempts were

Hwanjile (586 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

position of kpojito ("Mother of the Leopard") by Tegbesu, the fourth king of Dahomey. Her kin included the powerful Adanle, Hodonour, and Kossou-Naeton

Flash for Freedom! (1,555 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lord George Bentinck Fanny Locke William Ewart Gladstone King Gezo - King of Dahomey. Spring deals with him for slaves. Dahomey Amazons - The army of King

1750 (2,594 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hannah Snell reveals her sex to her Royal Marines compatriots. The King of Dahomey has income of 250,000 pounds from the overseas export of slaves. Maruyama

Richard De Medeiros (418 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Institut de Journalisme in Algiers. It looked at Béhanzin, the last king of Dahomey, exiled by the French colonial powers to Martinique. His short film

Jean-Marie Bayol (1,068 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

14 July 1889 he was made an Officer of the Legion of Honor. Glele, King of Dahomey, attacked the protectorate of Porto-Novo in March 1889. Bayol was sent

Isaac Snowman (654 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1907, Isaac Snowman left for Africa to execute a commission for the King of Dahomey. Subsequently, Pearl filed for divorce on grounds of statutory desertion

Beninese Americans (1,618 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

imported to the modern United States since Benin were sold by the King of Dahomey, in the Whydah. However, not all the slaves sold in day-present Benin

Josiah Conder (editor and author) (1,566 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

trade from West African chieftains, eventually isolating just the King of Dahomey and the Chief of Lagos. Samuel Ringgold Ward held a large meeting at

1889 (4,045 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Two Sicilies, Empress consort of Brazil (b. 1822) December 29 Glele, King of Dahomey (suicide) Priscilla Cooper Tyler, de facto First Lady of the United

Ouidah (2,869 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

this report: WHYDAH IN AFRICA: the beginning of this month, Agaja the king of Dahomey came down unexpectedly with an army, and soon became master of this

David Wright (writer) (724 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Catholic from Porto-Novo in Benin, the grandson of Béhanzin, the last King of Dahomey. Black Cloud Rising, Atlantic Monthly Press, February 2022. Bouchard

Scalping (4,311 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

by a contingent of female soldiers—Dahomey Amazons—employed by the King of Dahomey (present-day Republic of Benin). Duncan noted that these would have

Delphino Moracchini (822 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

by December 1891. In 1894, Moracchini received Béhanzin, the exiled king of Dahomey, with his large family. Local politicians accused him of starving the

In Dahomey (2,412 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

having free access to the syndicate's stock of whiskey, present the King of Dahomey with three barrels of appreciation and in return are made Caboceers

Matilda McCrear (863 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the enslaved Africans on his ship: from thence I went to see the King of Dahomey. Having agreeably transacted affairs with the Prince we went to the

Benin (9,278 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ritually in a ceremony known as the Annual Customs. By about 1750, the King of Dahomey was earning an estimated £250,000 per year by selling African captives

Tacky's Revolt (4,365 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

kept a diary, Apongo was a "prince in Guinea", who paid homage to the King of Dahomey. Thistlewood claimed that Apongo was "surprised and took prisoner when

Nigerian Americans (4,302 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

slaves imported to the modern United States from Benin were sold by the King of Dahomey, in Whydah. The native tongue of the Yoruba people is spoken principally

Royal Palaces of Abomey (2,477 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Singboji palace. King Béhanzin, the last independent reigning king of Dahomey and the remnants of his army fled north as the French entered the capital

Victoria (British TV series) (3,505 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

An African princess, Sarah, is given to Victoria as a gift by the King of Dahomey. Victoria tries her best to make Sarah feel welcome within the palace

Atlantic slave trade (31,322 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

advantages. Historian Walter Rodney estimates that by c. 1770, the King of Dahomey was earning an estimated £250,000 per year by selling captive African

History of slavery (32,651 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Gezo, King of Dahomey

Women in warfare and the military in the 19th century (4,288 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Dahomey and the Dahomans, Being the Journals of Two Missions to the King of Dahomey, and Residence at His Capital, in the Year 1849 and 1850, Volume 1

Nike Campbell (861 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

during the French-Dahomey war. King Gbehazin was the last independent king of Dahomey. According to Campbell, Amelia's character was motivated by the life

1750s (17,538 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hannah Snell reveals her sex to her Royal Marines compatriots. The King of Dahomey has income of 250,000 pounds from the overseas export of slaves. Maruyama

Thomas Thistlewood (6,369 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Thistlewood, Apongo was a "prince in Guinea", who paid homage to the King of Dahomey. Thistlewood claimed that Apongo was "surprised and took prisoner when

African military systems before 1800 (15,764 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

chiefs and traders. On the Slave Coast, 18th century records show the King of Dahomey making complaints to European traders about guns that burst when fired

Thomas Birch Freeman (9,909 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Townsend and his wife. Afterwards, Thomas Freeman was invited by the King of Dahomey, Gezo (also Ghezo) who ruled the kingdom from 1818 to 1858. The Dahomey

List of people on banknotes that are no longer in circulation (930 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

September 14, 1960) Syli 10 Sylis Obverse 1971–1980 Behazin of Dahomey King of Dahomey Syli 25 Sylis Obverse 1971–1980 Alpha Yaya Diallo King of Labé Syli