Hangbe

Hangbe (ko Hangbè, kuma Ahangbe ko Na Hangbe ) mace ce da ta yi aiki a matsayin mai mulkin masarautar Dahomey na wani ɗan gajeren lokaci kafin Agaja ya hau mulki a shekara ta 1718.  Bisa ga al'adar baka, ta zama sarki bayan mutuwar sarki Akaba, saboda babban dansa, Agbo Sassa, bai kai shekaru ba. Ba a san tsawon lokacin mulkinta ba. Ta goyi bayan Agbo Sassa a yakin neman zabe da Agaja, wanda a karshe ya zama sarki.  Gadon Hangbe yana ci gaba a al'adar baka, amma ba a san komai game da mulkinta ba saboda an shafe ta daga tarihin hukuma. Mai yiyuwa ne jinsinta da matsayinta na mace mai mulki ya taimaka wajen kawar da mulkinta daga tarihin hukuma.

 Sarkin Dahomey 
An haifi Hangbe ga Houegbadja a matsayin 'yar'uwar tagwaye ta Akaba. Tagwayen suna da wani kane mai suna Dosu, wanda daga baya ya radawa suna Agaja, wanda shine sunan gargajiya da ake baiwa dan farko da aka haifa bayan tagwaye.  Akaba ya zama Sarkin Dahomey a shekara ta 1685 kuma Hangbe ya zama wani muhimmin bangare na gidan sarauta a matsayin 'yar'uwar Akaba.

Tarihi na baka ya yarda gabaɗaya cewa Akaba ya mutu yayin da yake yaƙin soji a kwarin Ouémé a cikin 1716, amma tarihin bai yarda ba game da dalilin mutuwa ko a cikin yaƙi, guba, ko ƙanƙara. Ko ta yaya, tsakanin mutuwarsa da nadin Agaja a 1718, hadisai na baka sun ce Hangbe shi ne sarkin Dahomey, a matsayin mai mulki.  A cikin wata sigar, bayan mutuwar Akaba, Hangbe ta saka sulke na dan uwanta kuma ta ci gaba da jagorantar sojoji a kwarin kogin Ouémé.  Tsakanin 1716 zuwa 1718, Hangbe ya ci gaba da yakin da Akaba ya fara a cikin kwarin Ouémé kuma mai yiwuwa ya jagoranci ƙarin balaguron soji.  Gabaɗaya ana ɗaukar mulkinta na tsawon watanni uku ko shekaru uku.

 Gwagwarmayar nasara 
A cikin 1718, Hangbe ya goyi bayan mulkin Agbo Sassa, babban ɗan Akaba, zuwa ga sarautar Dahomey. Kanin ta Dosu (daga baya Agaja ) ya yi takara a wannan doka kuma hakan ya haifar da gagarumin gwagwarmaya tsakanin Agbo Sassa da Dosu. Wasu nau'ikan sun yi iƙirarin cewa fadar sarki ba ta ji daɗin yadda ake tunanin Baccanalian da kuma salon rayuwar da ba ta dace ba na Hangbe don haka a maimakon haka ta zaɓi Agaja .  Wasu kuma na cewa kotun tana tsoron haifar da daular da za ta raba gari da ‘ya’yan Hangbe da ’ya’yan Akaba daidai wa daida, don haka sun gwammace Agaja ta fayyace tsarin sarautar da za a bi.  Ko ma dai fa gwagwarmaya ba ta dade ba Agaja ya zama Sarkin Dahomey . Hadisai na baka sun yi sabani kan abin da ya faru bayan haka. Wata sigar ta bayyana cewa, an kashe danta daya tilo ne don gudun kada a ce karagar mulki, yayin da Hangbe ta kyamaci zabar Agaja da kashe danta, ta tube tsirara a gaban majalisar tare da wanke al’aurarta don nuna rashin amincewa da shawarar da suka yanke.  Wasu nau'ikan sun ce danta yana raye amma jawabin da Hangbe ya yi a cikin fushi a majalisar ya hada da hasashen cewa hakan zai kai ga mamaye Dahomey da Turawa suka yi.  Wasu al'adun baka da ke da alaƙa da zuriyarta na rayuwa sun nuna cewa, yayin da Agbo Sassa ta gudu daga arewa don zama tare da mutanen Mahi, ita da danginta sun kasance a Abomey kuma, a ƙarƙashin Sarki Ghezo a farkon shekarun 1800, an ba gidan da zuriyarta manyan kuɗi don ci gaba da kasancewarsa. 

 Gado 
Zuriyar Hangbe suna rayuwa har zuwa yau a wani fili da ke kusa da Fadar Sarautar Abomey kuma suna da al'adar baka wacce ta lissafa zuri'a bakwai da ke aiki a matsayin shugaban zuriyar Hangbe a karkashin sunan Sarauniya Hangbe. A cikin wasu nau'ikan, an bayyana cewa Hangbe shine babban mutumin da ke da alhakin ƙirƙirar Dahomey Amazons, rukunin soja wanda ya ƙunshi mata gaba ɗaya. Yawancin malamai ba su yi la'akari da yiwuwar hakan ba. Ba a saka Hangbe a cikin jerin sunayen sarakunan kotu na Masarautar Dahomey ba saboda wani takamaiman shari'ar damnatio memoriae .

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