Dahomey’s Amazons litografia sobre foto do século 19. AUtor desconhecido
From daughters to soldiers, from wives to weaponized, they remain the only documented frontline female troops in modern warfare history. A sub-saharan band of female terminators who left their European colonisers shaking in their boots, foreign observers named them the Dahomey Amazons while they cal
ICONIC WOMEN: The Mino of Dahomey or the Dahomey 'Amazon' Warriors/Dahomey Amazons From the late 17th century until the end of the 19th century, the Kingdom of Dahomey in the what is today the West...
7 African Countries That Had Women Warriors. InfoGraphic depicting warrior women in countries like Dahomey, Kush, Nigeria and others.
The only thoroughly documented Amazons in world history are the women warriors of Dahomey, an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Western African kingdom. Once dubbed a 'small black Sparta, ' residents of Dahomey shared with the Spartans an intense militarism and sense of collectivism. Moreover, the women of both kingdoms prided themselves on bodies hardened from childhood by rigorous physical exercise. But Spartan women kept in shape to breed male warriors, Dahomean Amazons to kill them. Originally palace guards, the Amazons had evolved by the 1760s into professional troops armed mainly with muskets, machetes and clubs. By the 1840s their numbers had grown to 6,000. The Amazons served under female officers and had their own bands, flags and insignia: they outdrilled, outshot and outfought men, became frontline troops and fought tenaciously and with great valor till the kingdom's defeat by France in 1892. Updated with a new preface by the author, Amazons of Black Sparta is the product of meticulous archival research and Alpern's gift for narrative. It will stand as the most comprehensive and accessible account of the woman warriors of Dahomey.
Fictional Wonder Woman has no shortage of precedents — history offers plenty of examples of women who were fierce fighters and highly skilled military leaders.
Researchers in Benin are fighting to save the hidden history of the elite women warriors.
Learn about the fierce and brave exploits of the all female warriors of the Republic of Benin formerly known as Dahomey.
Learn about the fierce and brave exploits of the all female warriors of the Republic of Benin formerly known as Dahomey.
Afrikhepri est un hommage aux amazones noires du Dahomey. Venez découvrir dans cet écrin virtuel l'histoire de ces séductrices, comme ell
El único ejército exclusivamente femenino con acciones bélicas.
“War does not have a woman's face,” but delving into the pages of history, we realize that this is not a true sentiment. In different epochs and among
ICONIC WOMEN: The Mino of Dahomey or the Dahomey 'Amazon' Warriors/Dahomey Amazons From the late 17th century until the end of the 19th century, the Kingdom of Dahomey in the what is today the West...
Its fair to say that Historically, women have not received the recognition due to them, and that the same problem continues today as women continue to strive for respect and equality, and so in this entry we take time to pay homage to some of the Warrior women of
In the 17th century, Dahomey flourished under the protection of its all-woman military regiment that inspired Viola Davis's acclaimed film The Woman King.
Queen Mother Yaa Asantewaa (c. 1840–October 17, 1921) Yaa Asantewaa was the queen mother of the Edweso tribe of the Asante (Ashanti) in what is modern
The Dahomey Amazon is a mercenary ranged infantry unit in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals. The Dahomey Amazon can be considered the mercenary version of the Sudanese Dervish, with an extended attack range. As light infantry, it is strong against light cavalry and heavy infantry, and vulnerable against heavy cavalry and artillery. It has 2 different range attack modes. In long-range, it uses a rifle to attack an enemy. In short-range, it uses a throwing knife instead,
From daughters to soldiers, from wives to weaponized, they remain the only documented frontline female troops in modern warfare history. A sub-saharan band of female terminators who left their European colonisers shaking in their boots, foreign observers named them the Dahomey Amazons while they cal
Le Dahomey (Danhomé en langue fon) était un royaume patriarcal africain situé au sud-est de l’actuel Bénin depuis le XVIIe siècle. À partir de 1894, ce nom désigne un territoire de l’Empire c…
Amazona de Dahomey Frecuentemente, sobre todo desde el punto de vista de los hombres, tendemos a pensar que las mujeres son alguna cosa...
The Dahomey Amazons or N’Nonmiton, which means “our mothers” in Fon, were a Fon all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey in the present-day Republic of Benin which lasted until the end of the 19th century. They were so named by Western observers and historians due to their similarity to the semi-mythical Amazons of […]
THE BLACK AMAZON | Early 1900s Ella Williams who prefers to be call by her showbiz name Mme Abomah was once the world`s tallest hot and beautiful lady in the late 1800`s and early 1900`s. She was...
Le Dahomey (Danhomé en langue fon) était un royaume patriarcal africain situé au sud-est de l’actuel Bénin depuis le XVIIe siècle. À partir de 1894, ce nom désigne un territoire de l’Empire c…
Selon les mythes, ces femmes, qui sont représentées sur des récipients et des reliefs archéologiques en combat avec les hommes, auraient vécu dans la vaste zone d'influence de la Grèce antique, sous la forme d'établissements exclusivement féminins...
“War does not have a woman's face,” but delving into the pages of history, we realize that this is not a true sentiment. In different epochs and among
1890s photo of Dahomey Warriors / via Getty And these women warriors are actually real, not fictional comic book superheroes. Although Wonder Woman is pretty cool too! But this should be music to the ears of many – especially those who long for stories based on African history that have little or nothing to do with slavery; fertile ground to mine from, for both film and TV content creators, and almost entirely untouched. The Dahomey Women Warriors (they were called the Dahomey Amazons by Westerners) were a 19th century all-woman military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey (present-day Republic of Benin in West Africa; Dahomey was renamed Benin in 1975). For the better half of 200 years, they fought (in the thousands) and died while trying to expand the borders of their West African kingdom. Even their enemies, at whose hands they would eventually fall – specifically the French (although there were others) – acknowledged their incredible acts of bravery. Their story will be told in...
The Kingdom of Dahomey was an African kingdom that existed from 1600 until 1894 and occupied the area presently known as the Benin Republic. They were a vassal state to the Oyo empire until 1830 when…
“War does not have a woman's face,” but delving into the pages of history, we realize that this is not a true sentiment. In different epochs and among
