#Dahomey

Laura Seay

texasinafrica

This is by design! The Dora Milaje are partly modeled after the Mino women fighters of the Dahomey Kingdom (colonizers called them the Dahomey Amazons) in what's now Benin. The

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phoenixandmars

Making Florida Water for Ezili Freda Dahomey 101: You need: 1 bottle of Florida water or your preferred choice of spiritual perfume. YOU CHOOSE. LIMES ARE PREFERRED. If you cant

Mariam bint Harun

Mariamuwane

Do you believe there's a place in Oyo that's over 4hrs even from Ibadan? ..You don't. Okay.I went to Saki in Oyo for the first time recently, people who knew

Joe Bassey

Joe__Bassey

The Waalo female warriors who resisted colonisation from the 11th to 19th century.__Queen Ndate Yalla Mbodj, the last Queen of the Waalo female kingdom which before the invasion of the

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xspotsdamark

A thread on the legendary all female Dahomey Amazons warriors of the Empire of Dahomey (Present day Republic Of Benin, not to be confused with the Great Benin Kingdom). The

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kennymeite

Sara Forbes Bonetta est née en Afrique de l’Ouest de descendance Yoruba (Royaume du Dahomey/Dahomeyan). Forbes a été capturé en 1848 à l’âge de cinq ans, pendant la guerre de

Kelvin Odanz

MrOdanz

The History of slavery worldwide has somehow been reduced to that of other races enslaving Africans.There was a time when it was very normal to keep slaves. And Africans also

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xspotsdamark

Someone asked me to put all my Twitter threads on African history in one thread. I'll try, but I can't even remember or find all the threads I ever did.

Niggadamus

earftones

Why don't I just make a thread of every African country and the most prominent tribes, languages and (maybe) cultural figures we might be aware of Imma do it in

Yoruba History - by NNP

YorubaHistory

YorubalandMr. [J.O.] George in Historical Notes on the Yoruba Country (1895) gives us another variant of the historical traditions of the Yoruba. Photo Source: Map of the Yoruba country from

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IzmsHasRisen

Black Is King/Black Is Q(ueer)ingA Thread on queerness in the African tradition. https://twitter.com/IzmsHasRisen/status/1366183670575476739 Despite decades of claims by "Black" and "Afro centric" leaders proclaiming tha

Allan Cudicio

AllanCudicio

#ForgottenAfricanArchitecture(1/15) I was very inspired by @1ncognito___ 's thread on African architectures so I am adding some of my research material. I hope it helps inspires others, including #gamedev folks.

Joe Bassey

Joe__Bassey

The Mino: The Formidable Women Army Of Dahomey In West AfricaMino, which means “our mothers” in Fon language, was a group of women, raised by kings of Dahome in the

Son of Naïl

Okcorrall_

Thread : Haïti, une Histoire et des Hommes Toussaint L'ouverture (1743 - 1803) Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758 - 1806) Joseph Auguste Antenor Firmin

The Afro Nerd

theafronerd

A thread of similarities between African myths/legends/beliefs and other cultures So basically I’m huge nerd for old religions and myths, not only African but also Celtic, Greek, Nordic (although I

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dahdahomey

Channeled Message:The Iroko Tree according to Yoruba is the first tree brought to Earth. There is a tale of a slave, who prayed to it, disobeying his evil master who