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Sep 16, 2022 · The Woman King, the historical epic from Gina Prince-Bythewood out Sept. 16, chronicles the trials and triumphs of the Agojie and Dahomey (a region in present-day Benin).
- Is The Woman King Based on A True Story?
- Who Were The Agojie?
- What Happened to The Agojie?
In short, yes, but with extensive dramatic license. Though the broad strokes of the film are historically accurate, the majority of its characters are fictional, including Davis’ Nanisca and Thuso Mbedu’s Nawi, a young warrior-in-training. (Nanisca and Nawi share names with documented members of the Agojie but are not exact mirrors of these women.)...
The first recorded mention of the Agojie dates to 1729. But the unit was possibly formed even earlier, toward the beginning of Dahomey’s existence, when King Huegbadja (reigned circa 1645 to 1685) created a corps of woman elephant hunters. Alternatively, Queen Hangbe, who briefly ruled as regent following the death of her brother in the early 18th ...
Dahomey’s military dominance started to wane in the second half of the 19th century, when its army repeatedly failed to capture Abeokuta, a well-fortified Egba capital in what is now southwest Nigeria. An 1851 battle with the Egba, who’d settled in the region following the decline of the Oyo Empire, resulted in the deaths of up to 2,000 Agojie; in ...
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Sep 16, 2022 · In fact, there’s only one recorded full-length, English-language book in history on the tribe, The Amazons of the Black Sparta. Here’s your guide to the history of these warrior women.
Oct 8, 2022 · In the film, King Gezo of Dahomey and his loyal Amazons – an elite band of women warriors – struggle to free his kingdom and his people from the evils of the slave trade, the dominance of the...
In Raven Araroa’s kingdom, firstborn royal daughters were destined to rule, the Woman Kings of Nadir. A thousand years before she was born, a malevolent regime decreed there would be no more Woman Kings, by ordering firstborn daughters to immediately be put to death.
The Woman King is a 2022 American historical action-adventure film about the Agojie, the all-female warrior unit that protected the West African kingdom of Dahomey during the 17th to 19th centuries. Set in the 1820s, the film stars Viola Davis as a general who trains the next generation of warriors to fight their enemies.
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Sep 10, 2022 · Directed by: Gina Prince-Bythewood. Starring: Viola Davis, John Boyega, Lashana Lynch, Thuso Mbedu. Film length: 2hr 6m. After The Woman King's opening battle against the Oyo, a tribe that...
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