Dahomey Amazons

De Dahomey Amazons (Fon: Agojie, Agoji, Mino, anaa Minon) na dem be a Fon all-female military regiment of de Kingdom of Dahomey (insyd today ein Benin, West Africa) wey exist from de 17th century til de late 19th century. Na dem be de only female army insyd modern history. Na dem name dem Amazons by Western Europeans wey encounter dem, secof de story of de female warriors of Amazons insyd Greek mythology.

Na de emergence of an all-female military regiment be de result of Dahomey ein male population wey dey face high casualties insyd de increasingly frequent violence den warfare plus neighbouring West African states. Na dis lead to Dahomey be one of de leading states insyd de slave trade plus de Oyo Empire, wich na dem use slaves for commodity exchange insyd West Africa til de slave trade insyd de region end. Na de lack of men likely lead de kings of Dahomey make dem recruit women into de army. Na de formation of a female-only army unit be a retaliation den maneuver around de forced tribute of male slaves to Oyo each year.

 References 

 Bibliography 



 Bernard, A. S. 1998. Amazons of Black Sparta. London, C Hurst & Co. Bourgeon, F. 1979 – 1984.







 Read further 

 Bay, Edna G. Wives of the Leopard: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Kingdom of Dahomey. Charlottesville, 1998.
 Burton, Richard, A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome. London, 1864.
 D'Almeida-Topor, Hélène. Les Amazones, Une armée de femmes dans l’Afrique précoloniale. Paris: Editions Rochevignes, 1984.
 Edgerton, Robert B. Warrior Women: The Amazons of Dahomey and the Nature of War.  Boulder: Westview Press, 2000.
 Forbes, Frederick E. Dahomey and the Dahomans, Being the Journals of Two Missions to the King of Dahomey and the Residence at his Capital in the Years 1849 and 1850. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. 1851.
 Grossman, D. On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning To Kill in War and Society. New York: Back Bay Books / Little, Brown and Company, 1995, , pp. 175.
 Holmes. R. Acts of War: the behavior of men in battle. New York: Free Press, 1985.
 Newark, Tim, and Angus McBride. Women Warlords: An Illustrated Military History of Female Warriors. Blandford Press, 1989, .
 Peukert, W. Der Atlantische Sklavenhandel von Dahomey, 1740–1797. Wiesbaden, 1978 (in German).

 External links 

 "The Amazons", from the Historical Museum of Abomey. Archived October 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.

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