Lupita Nyong’o and and Viola Davis are set to celebrate the real lives of the Dahomey Amazons with a movie set for takeoff very soon.
This year, the former has prepared a documentary about the very same women to support the movie and its fascinating story.
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Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Dahomey was a prominent and powerful African kingdom that existed between 1600 and 1894 and was elevated by a group of women named the Mino which simply means “our mothers.”
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)The all-female force was founded by King Houegbadja and is said to have been made up of foreign captives who were trained to protect the kingdom against the threat of rival groups and support its quest for power.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Lupita is now determined to tell their story.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Channel 4’s Commissioning Editor, Arts & Topical Specialist Factual Shaminder Nahal shares…
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Lupita Nyong’o’s investigation into the real story of the all-female army is thrilling, haunting and emotional. It’s amazing the true story of these kick-ass female fighters isn’t more widely known–and in telling it, the film challenges dominant narratives about race, women and power. With some surprises along the way.
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Its name? ‘Warrior Women with Lupita Nyong’o.’
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)SandStone Global’s Creative Director Bettany Hughes adds…
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)The Agojie women were recruited by their kings across three centuries and fought in huge numbers in highly-trained battalions. Women have frequently been written out of history, and powerful women fetishized–this is a case in point. Lupita Nyong’o asks searing questions about power play in history and who tells whose story.
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“made up of foreign captives who were trained to protect the kingdom against the threat of rival groups and support its quest for power.”
So they had slaves… Yet you still speak highly of them ? Every race has owned slaves through some point in history and every race has been a victim of slavery. Just making a point.
The more common term is “prisoner of war”. And obviously. For Black slavery to be as ubiquitous last as long as it did, OTHER BLACK PEOPLE SOLD THEM OUT!
Shameful, but true and it still happens today with coons selling other Black people out.