dahomey in English

noun

former name of Benin (country in western Africa)

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1. The Republic of Dahomey (French: République du Dahomey pronounced ) was established on December 11, 1958, as a self-governing colony within the French Community.

2. Kérékou was born in 1933 in Kouarfa village, in north-west French Dahomey.

3. Benin, formerly known as Dahomey, is one of Africa's most stable democracies

4. Benin, officially the Republic of Benin and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa

5. Initially, Dahomey won many battles when even the chief of the French army was killed.

6. Before 1975, the Republic of Benin was known as Dahomey, its French colonial name

7. Prior to attaining autonomy it had been French Dahomey, part of the French Union.

8. In 1946, Dahomey became an overseas territory with its own parliament and representation in the French national assembly.

9. Arriving in the Gulf of Guinea, Foster meets with the prince of Dahomey and selects 130 slaves from the Barracoon, or stockade

10. Benin, officially Republic of Benin, French République du Bénin, formerly (until 1975) Dahomey or (1975–90) People’s Republic of Benin, country of western Africa.

11. After this ceremonial visit, Foster goes to the Barracoons, which are overflowing with captives awaiting sale.Historically, European powers have tried to incite different tribes against each other in order to generate a supply of captives, but the King of Dahomey has made slave-trading his explicit business and raids his neighbors every year in order to capture people to sell.

12. 1 History 2 Powers and Abilities 3 See Also 4 Links and References 4.1 Footnotes When the leopard, Julani, was shot by a guard at the Central Park Municipal Zoo, veterinarian Shanna O'Hara was asked to take her cubs Ina and Biri to Dahomey, Africa to release them into the wild.1 Shanna stayed with the animals and they became her allies, but they were both killed …