The blockbuster film The Woman King has resurrected the myth that slavery furnishes wealth. While irate critics argue that the film downplays the fact that the Dahomey Empire derived its wealth from slavery, however, this observation wrongly conflates political success with human flourishing.
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(Left to Right) Lupita Nyong o as Nakia, Danai Gurira as Okoye, and Florence Kasumba as Ayo from the Marvel superhero movie Black Panther
No story about Africaâs kingdom of Dahomey, now the Republic of Benin, would be complete without chronicling the history of their fearless female warriors.
Dahomey Amazons
In fact, in the history of the world these fearless women warriors called âAgojieâ or Dahomey Amazons by the French literally left European colonialists âshaking in theirs boots.â
The Agojie warriors are called the only documented frontline female soldiers in modern warfare history.
Their last enemies, the French, were full of praise for their courage, according to the smithsonianmag.com. âA French Foreign Legionnaire named Bern lauded them as âwarrioresses ⦠fight with extreme valor, always ahead of the other troops. They are outstandingly brave ⦠well trained for combat and very disciplined.â A French Marin