No one ever expects an umbrella to be adorned with jawbones, do they? (Or maybe, just maybe, accuracy wasn't the main goal for this book.)

<<The Jaw Umbrella, Gelelé's Stool, Guns, Sticks, Swords, etc.>>
Illustration from the 1874 European book "Dahomey as it is; Being A Narrative of Eight Months' Residence in that Country with a full account of the notorious annual customs, and the social and religious institutions of the Ffons"

Yale University Library, https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.36729854

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#Dahomey est diffusé ce soir sur Arte.

Mati Diop a toujours filmé des fantômes. À l'occasion de la « restitution » par la France de vingt-six statues au Bénin, elle décide, dans Dahomey, de les faire parler pour installer un contre-récit sur la colonisation, contre la mort d'un peuple, sa culture, son histoire, cette mort qui n'a jamais cessé de faire sentir sa poigne. Une politique des fantômes pour les rendre à la vie.

https://www.rayonvertcinema.org/dahomey-mati-diop/

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ Sarah Forbes Bonetta ✧

Sarah Forbes Bonetta (c. 1843 – 1880), born Aina or Ina, was an African slave who later became a ward and goddaughter of Queen Victoria. Believed to be a titled member of the Yewa, a clan of the West African Yoruba people, she was orphaned as a child during a war with the nearby kingdom of Dahomey and was later ...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Forbes_Bonetta

#Benin
Stamp issuing: 1892-1894, 1975-present.
Special days:
1975 Nov 30 #Dahomey changes name to People's Republic of Benin.
1975 Dec 8 First modern stamps issued.
1990 Mar 1 Name change to Republic of Benin.
Stamp shown:
1984 Jun 18, 90 francs, 19th Congress of the Universal Postal Union, Hamburg, Germany.

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“The more women onboard a slave ship, the more likely a revolt” - Rebecca Hall

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