Elite troops of women soldiers contributed to the military power of the Kingdom of Dahomey in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The troops were dissolved following the fall of Behanzin (Gbêhanzin), during French colonial expansion at the end of the nineteenth century.
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An introduction of Abomey (digital bo...
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Urbanism on West Africa’s Slave Coast...
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Royal Palaces of Abomey (Inscribed on...
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L. d'Albéca Alexandre, La France...
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