Dahomey Presentation

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This is the non-subtitled video of my Dahomey Amazons Presentation at Balticon 54 in 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the presentation had to be done online.

Citations for my presentation below.

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Law, R. (1989). Slave-Raiders and MIDDLEMEN, monopolists and FREE-TRADERS: The supply of slaves for the Atlantic trade In DAHOMEY c. 1715–1850. The Journal of African History, 30(1), 45-68. doi:10.1017/s0021853700030875
Law, R. (1989). ‘My head belongs to the king’: On the political and ritual significance of decapitation in pre-colonial dahomey. The Journal of African History, 30(3), 399-415. doi:10.1017/s0021853700024452
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Monroe, J. C. (2014). The precolonial state in West Africa building power in Dahomey. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Morton-Williams. (1993). A Yoruba WOMAN remembers servitude in a Palace Of Dahomey, in the reigns of KINGS glele and Behanzin. Africa, 63(1), 102-117. doi:10.2307/1161300
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Stapleton J. (2013). A military history of Africa. the Precolonial PERIOD: From Ancient Egypt to the Zulu Kingdom: (EARLIEST times to CA. 1870).
Stapleton, T. J. (2013). A military history of Africa. the Colonial Period: From the scramble for Africa to the ALGERIAN INDEPENDECE WAR: (CA. 1870-1963).
Stapleton, T. J. (2013). A military history of Africa. the era of INDEPENDENCE: From the CONGO crisis to africa's world WAR: (ca. 1963- ).
TOLER, P. D. (2020). Women warriors: An unexpected history. S.l.: BEACON.
‘Legitimate’ trade and gender relations IN YORUBALAND and Dahomey. (n.d.). From Slave Trade to Legitimate Commerce, 195-214. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511523861.009