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Ouidah (English: /ˈwiːdə/; French: [wi.da]) or
Whydah (/ˈhwɪdə, -ɔː/;
Ouidah, Juida, and Juda by the French; Ajudá by the Portuguese; and Fida by the Dutch)...
- the
Xweda Gbe
language and
people of Benin. Today, the
Beninese city of
Ouidah bears the kingdom's name. To the west of it is the
former Popo Kingdom,...
- The
Ouidah Museum of
History (French: Musée d'histoire de
Ouidah) is a
history museum in
Ouidah, Benin. It
occupies the
Portuguese Fort of São João Baptista...
- The
Viceroy of
Ouidah is a
novel published in 1980 by
Bruce Chatwin, a
British author. Chatwin's
novel portrays the life of a
fictional slave trader named...
- The Door of No
Return is a
memorial arch in
Ouidah, Benin. The
concrete and
bronze arch,
which stands on the beach, is a
memorial to the
enslaved Africans...
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traditional Vodun deities and used as the
basis for
murals in
Vodun temples. The
Ouidah '92 festival, held in
Benin in 1993,
celebrated the
removal of restrictions...
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their empire,
Akwamu extended 400
kilometres (250 mi)
along the
coast from
Ouidah,
Benin in the East to Winneba, Ghana, in the West. The
Akwamu moved from...
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annually on
January 10
throughout the
country but most
notably in the city of
Ouidah.
Beginning with the
slaughter of a goat in
honor of the spirits, the festival...
- Dahomey, and King
Behanzin was
exiled to Algeria. The
Portuguese fort at
Ouidah was destro**** by the army of
Dahomey in 1743
during its
conquest of the...
-
Viceroy of
Ouidah. This book was
published in 1980, and
Werner Herzog's film
Cobra Verde (1987) is
based on it.
Although The
Viceroy of
Ouidah received...
