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Excavations at the palace of King Gbehanzin of Dahomey in Abomey, modern-day Benin
French vintage postcard
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Excavations at the palace of King Gbehanzin of Dahomey in Abomey, modern-day Benin
French vintage postcard
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Dahomey (Fon Kingdom): this state (Abomey in its earliest years) was formed by a mixture of various local ethnic groups on the Abomey plain, tribes which may have been forced to move there due to the slave trade.
Coverage of the various historical cultures, rulers, and states of Africa
Abomey, Benin
Dance of the women warriors, Abomey, Benin.
Creator: Lea Ingold
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Tata Ajache
By: Kelsey Sphar
The King gave Tata a house, and other gifts. The most important gift was the title of Djedokkpo. Despite being a queen, Tata still fought in military campaigns and did not retire until 1889 when King Glele died.
Tata was first a servant of one of the female warriors unit. When she got older and stronger she started her training. She fought in the deadliest battle the the Amazons ever fought.
At 10 years old, Tata Ajache was captured and taken to Abomey. As a captive, she belonged to King Glele. She, along with the other captives, were held until a ceremony would decide their fate. Tata was chosen to become a warrior.
After the battle, King Glele noticed Tata and they fell in love. She became pregnant with his child and was told not to tell anyone. She never told anyone and the King rewarded her for her loyalty.
Tata Ajache was born in 1848 in a village near Abeokuta in the Kingdom of Dahomey.
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Head of a Zoomorphic récade in the shape of a dog’s head,
From Abomey, former kingdom of Danhomè, Benin,
Copyright Vincent Girier Dufournier
The Dahomey Royal Palace Complex in Abomey, Zou, Benin
The Kingdom of Dahomey was founded in the early 1600s by the Fon people, who arose after branching off from other Gbe peoples around Benin. Their kingdom came to an end by around 1900 after the French forcibly annexed Dahomey as a colony. For the nearly 300 years of the kingdom, each successive king had his own palace which would be built near the palaces of his predecessors in what became a large royal court surrounded by walls and gates. The palaces have survived as museums and places for ceremonies.
Ritual in Abomey, Dahomey, modern-day Benin
French vintage postcard