King Ghezo ruled the west African kingdom of Dahomey from 1818 to 1858 before it fell to French colonisation at the end of the 19th century. And yet, he carried his violent tyranny to the grave ...

Streaming on MUBI, the hybrid documentary wrestles with identity and cultural legacy across generations.

In the early 18th century, Kings of Dahomey (known today as Benin ... including another important slave trader, the King of Whydah. King Tegbesu made £250,000 a year selling people into slavery ...

The Woman King is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the ...

If "Black Panther" and "The Woman King" have touched so many people, there must be a reason for that. "Dahomey" had its U.S.

It is narrated in the hypnotic voice of a wooden statue of King Ghezo of Dahomey, known simply as ‘26’. The words are spoken in Fon, an Indigenous language replaced with French during ...

Narrative change organisation Africa No Filter and Cairo International Film Festival have awarded a new prize, the Africa Narrative Change Film Award, to Dahomey, a documentary that follows 26 ...