Dahomey Amazons
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The Dahomey Amazons were a Fon all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey that existed from the 17th century until the late 19th century. They were the only female army in modern history.
Dahomey Mino warriors, circa 1890.
Seh-Dong-Hong-Beh, a leader of the Amazons, drawing by Frederick Edwyn Forbes, 1851
Dahomey Amazons with the king at their head, going to war – 1793
A group portrait of the "Amazons from Dahomey" during their stay in Paris, 1891
The Woman King
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The Woman King is a 2022 fictionalised historical drama depicting the Agojie, the all-female regiment in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey. An American action-adventure film set in the 1820s, it sta
Dahomey Amazons
…novel Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martinez. The Dahomey Mino are the subject of the 2022 American film The Woman King, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. Dahomey Amazons are represented as Minos in the novel Sister Mother Warrior by Vanessa Riley (William Morrow, July…
Theatrical release poster
Producer Maria Bello in 2016
Director Gina Prince-Bythewood in 2018
Film score composer Terence Blanchard in 2014