Another of those horrible massacres, which are a disgrace to humanity, had taken place at Dahomey. The West African Herald publishes, statements from eye-witnesses of the barbaric "custom" just ...

“Dahomey” packs a lot of introspection and ... to their original home in the African Kingdom of Dahomey (now the Republic of Benin). This kingdom, established in the 17th century, was the ...

The forum through which this entity communicates to us is Mati Diop’s “Dahomey.” The French Senegalese filmmaker returns with a rich and absorbing exploration of the specter of colonialism ...

"November 9, 2021: 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey are due to leave Paris, returning to their land of origin, the present-day Republic of Benin. "These artefacts are among thousands ...

More information: Ron Lawrence Anderson et al, An African Art Re-Discovered: New Revelations on Sword Manufacture in Dahomey, Heritage (2025). DOI: 10.3390/heritage8020062 ...

“Dahomey,” “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found,” “The Remarkable Life of Ibelin,” “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” and “Sugarcane” are among the 20 nonfiction films that have made the ...

She spliced shots of liminal spaces and moments of solitude with footage of priceless Beninese statues and artworks, looted by the French during the invasion of the Kingdom of Dahomey in the late ...

In Mati Diop’s “Dahomey,” the spoils of war speak. “As far back as I can go,” says a raspy yet reverberant voice over a black screen, “there has never been a night so deep and opaque.” ...

In 1892, French soldiers looted a number of totems and treasures from the West African kingdom of Dahomey, considering these items the spoils of victory after winning the Second Franco-Dahomean War.

Mati Diop never thought she’d see it in her lifetime: 26 royal artifacts, pillaged by the French from the kingdom of Dahomey, finally repatriated from Paris to present-day Benin over a century ...