Dahomey

The Dahomey (also called " Danhomé" in language fon) was a African kingdom located on the territory of current the Bénin. DaN was the name of a king residing at Agbomey, this name is composed of Ho , term Fon signifiant" the ventre" , " mê" meaning in and " Dan" étymologiquement meaning " serpent".

King Danhomê was badgered by an applicant with the throne, called Houegbadja, which asked for pieces of ground to him to finish moreover it, to be able to build his residence. One day, angry, daN says to him: " Do you want to thus establish you until in my belly? ". And in answer, Houegbadja this one killed, and raised on its tomb a box which it will call " daN-Ho-mè" , meaning " literally; in the belly of Dan".

The kingdom of Dahomey survived until the end of the 19th century when, at the conclusion of a colonial war, the French troops of the general Alfred Dodds captured and off-set the king Behanzin, and annexed this area.

Following the French colonial conquest, the Establishments of the Benign one, which were attached to the colony of Senegal since July 1886, become an autonomous colony in 1893, before taking the name of " Colony of Dahomey and dépendances" by a decree of June 22nd, 1894. Extension of the name of Dahomey, which indicated in the beginning only the kingdom of Dahomey, the whole of the colony answered at the same time a will of justification and glorification of a relatively difficult conquest, while avoiding possible amalgams with the Benign British (current Nigeria). The new colony loses its autonomy only in 1904 during its incorporation to the French Western Africa (AOF).

Independent the 1960, Dahomey is famous Bénin the November 30th 1975.

Prince Arini Ouanilo, wire of Behanzin and the royal last descending from Dahomey east died in Dakar the May 19th 1928. It was buried in Bordeaux, in the vault of his wife, before being exhumed on September 24th, 2006 to be buried with the Bénin.

Kings of Dahomey

  1. Gangnihessou 1600 - 1620
  2. Dakodonou, 1620 - 1645
  3. Aho Houegbadja, 1645 - 1685
  4. Houessou Akaba, 1685 - 1708
  5. Agadja, 1708 - 1740
  6. Tegbessou, 1740 - 1774
  7. Kpengla, 1774 - 1789
  8. Agonglo, 1789 - 1797
  9. Adandozan, 1797 - 1818
  10. Ghézo, 1818 - 1858
  11. Glélé, 1858 - 1889
  12. Behanzin, 1889 - 1894
  13. Agoli-Agbo, 1894 - 1900

External bonds

  • historical Museum of Abomey
  • Photographs of Dahomey under French colonization

Reference

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