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 ...

For her first feature-length directorial effort, Atlantics, writer/director Mati Diop told a saga of love and ghosts. Specifically, she wove a yarn set in Dakar about Ada (Mame Bineta Sane) and ...

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 ...

Benin is one of the 17 countries that Nigerian passport holders can visit without visa in 2025, according to the Africa Visa ...

with Mati Diop’s Berlinale Golden Bear winner Dahomey – which made it into Best International Feature Film (for Senegal) and Documentary Academy Award shortlists – won Best Documentary.

"The Woman King" is set in the 1800s and tells the story of the Agojie, an all-woman army of warriors who protect the African kingdom of Dahomey. Faced with a new enemy determined to destroy their ...

The following are a few of the films of note that will be shown at Albuquerque’s Guild Cinema in February. From Feb. 4-6 at 3 ...

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 ...