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The Agojie, Dahomey's women soldiers

first recorded 1729 – 1890s

West Africa (present-day Benin)

An all-female military corps of the Kingdom of Dahomey, first recorded in 1729 and formally integrated into the army under King Ghezo. They took part in slave raids and fought France until 1892.

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The Royal Palaces of Abomey, Benin, seat of the Dahomey kings whose army included the Agojie
Credit: Karalyn Monteil, © UNESCO. License: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

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Sources

  1. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, "The Real Warriors Behind 'The Woman King'" (2022) (Reference)
  2. Stanley B. Alpern, "Amazons of Black Sparta: The Women Warriors of Dahomey", Hurst Publishers (Scholarly)

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