There are a number of different folk stories about the founding of the Kingdom of Dahomey. Most scholars believe many of these stories were created or exaggerated in the 18th century to promote the ...

The unearthly message arrives in strangled Fon, one of the major Indigenous languages of Benin, formerly Dahomey, where it was ‘officially’ supplanted by French amid nearly a century of colonisation.

It is the kingdom of Dahomey, the dominion of the great BAD-JA-HUNG, the "King of Kings," as he is styled by his loving lieges, and the seat of the slave trade. The kingdom of Dahomey boasts but ...

Its homecomers aren’t often repatriated relics, handed over by those who looted them. But Dahomey, flying from the bowels of a Parisian museum to the lively debate floor at the University of ...

"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 ...

That’s where Mati Diop’s Dahomey lands. The winner of the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival blends documentary and cinematic formats to create a poignant meeting ...

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 ...

For her first feature-length directorial effort, Atlantics, writer/director Mati Diop told a saga of love and ghosts.

There are many voices in Mati Diop’s new documentary, “Dahomey” (in theaters), and one of them belongs to Artifact No. 26. “I lost myself in my dreams, becoming one with these walls ...

“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 ...