When Europe's great powers raced to colonize a continent in the so-called "Scramble for Africa" just before the First World War, the tiny coastal Kingdom of Dahomey in the south of modern-day ...

In November 2021, 26 objects from the Kingdom of Dahomey plundered by French colonialists in 1892 were returned to Benin, the west African nation that now encompasses Dahomey that gained its ...

Jacques Audiard's musical film Emilia Pérez swept the 30th edition of France's Lumière Awards on Monday evening, winning Best ...

It’s not known for certain when or why the first all-female army formed in Dahomey, Africa. Still, in the centuries since, the Dahomey Amazons have continued to inspire countless generations. From the ...

In the early seventeenth century, the Fon established a society ruled by a dynasty of kings, who over the years forged the powerful kingdom of Dahomey. In their capital city of Abomey, they built a ...

Further awards seasons hopefuls also featured in the Lumière prizes, with Mati Diop’s Berlinale Golden Bear winner Dahomey – which made it into Best International Feature Film (for Senegal) and ...