In addition to their talents in hand-to-hand combat, Dahomey's women warriors were experts with a bow and arrow. The most skilled members of the unit were selected to be archers, using hooked and ...

The Agojie were fierce women warriors in the ancient Kingdom of Dahomey in West Africa. They were national heroes and symbols of female power, but also helped the rise of the 18th century slave trade.

Just how true is the tale The Woman King weaves about the Agojie warriors? The kingdom of Dahomey — the place where the story is centered — is rooted in reality. As Kelley writes, Dahomey was ...

“The Woman King,” directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and starring Viola Davis, tells an embellished story about female soldiers from the Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful and ...

The action blockbuster is adding to renewed global interest in the historical women warriors of Dahomey, a kingdom that flourished in the 1700s and 1800s in what is today Benin in West Africa.

“The Woman King” is already a triumph in many ways. A work of historical fiction about the female warriors of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey, the film opened at No. 1 at the box office ...

And on their heads are antelope horns. That’s how the Gbeto are described in the book Amazons of Black Sparta: The women warriors of Dahomey, written by Stanley B. Alpern. Published in 1998 ...

In the course of defending the Dahomey Empire, Queen Hang­be also empowered the women, trained them as warriors who guided the kingdom and fought bravely the many attackers who attempted to ...

known as the Dora Milaje drew inspiration from the same group of Dahomey Amazons, named so by the French in comparison to the mythological women warriors. Time cites the first introduction of the ...

Set in West Africa of 1823, a title plate explains the basics of the tribe structure between the more populous Oyo Empire and the Kingdom of Dahomey. The latter valued its women warriors so much ...

Davis stars in "The Woman King" as General Nanisca, leader of the Agojie, a group of fearless female warriors who protect the Kingdom of Dahomey under King Ghezo (John Boyega). If you're ...