Béhanzin
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Gbehanzin, also known as Béhanzin, is considered the eleventh King of Dahomey, modern-day Republic of Benin. Upon taking the throne, he changed his name from Kondo.
King Béhanzin, c. 1895
Man-Shark by Sossa Dede (c. 1890), a Fon statue symbolizing Béhanzin. Formerly in musée du quai Branly, now in Abomey.
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Gbehanzin statue in Abomey, sign
Dahomey
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The Kingdom of Dahomey was a West African kingdom located within the present-day Republic of Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. It developed on the Abomey Plateau among the Fon peo
Béhanzin
…Gbehanzin, also known as Béhanzin (c. 1845 – 10 December 1906), is considered the eleventh (if Adandozan is not counted) King of Dahomey, modern-day Republic of Benin. Upon taking the throne, he changed his name from Kondo. Following his father Glele's suicide, Béhanzin ascended the…
"Victims for sacrifice" – from The history of Dahomy, an inland Kingdom of Africa, 1793
King Ghezo displayed with a royal umbrella
The reception of the Ah-Haussoo-Noh-Beh in Abomey drawn by Frederick E. Forbes in 1851
In 1894, the last King of Dahomey, Béhanzin, surrendered his person to Alfred-Amédée Dodds