#Benin

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Dahomey (2024) 🇧🇯🇸🇳 a documentary by Mati Diop

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REMA | Fashion Photoshoot

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DJIMON HOUNSOU

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Ganvié, Benin

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Benin Dreams, 2023

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Cotonou, Benin: Cotonou is the largest city in Benin. The urban area continues to expand, notably toward the west. The city lies in the southeast of the country, between the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Nokoué. Cotonou is the seat of government in Benin, although Porto-Novo is the official capital. The name "Cotonou" means "by the river of death" in the Fon language. Wikipedia

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Robe (Kansawu) and Trousers, from 3 Piece Royal or Noble Costume

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Republic of Benin postcard, ca. 1900

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Dahomey (2024) 🇧🇯🇸🇳 a documentary by Mati Diop

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Miku Amazone of Dahomey (Benin 🇧🇯) by mokoo_g

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August first is Independence Day in Benin, so we’d like to share a little piece of Beninese history with you!

The people in this photo are a military regiment called Agojie - sometimes referred to as Dahomey Amazons by Europeans. The Agojie were soldiers in the army of Dahomey - now Benin - in West Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The Agojie were all assigned female at birth but they expressed their gender in a variety of ways. Some renounced womanhood, and identified themselves as men. At other times, the group embraced womanhood in their war songs, comparing themselves to lionesses, and linking womanhood to their superiority over male regiments.

Numbering around 8000 at their height in the 1840, the Agojie were renowned for their fearlessness in battle, and considered the backbone of the Dahomean army.

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[Image source: Wikimedia commons]

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