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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
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
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 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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final collaboration.
Based upon
Bruce Chatwin's 1980
novel The
Viceroy of
Ouidah, the film
depicts the life of a
fictional slave trader who
travels to the...
- 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...
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Ouidah I is an arrondis****t in the
Atlantique Department of
southern Benin. It is an
administrative division under the
jurisdiction of the
commune of...
-
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...
- 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...
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depicted as a rainbow.
Damballa originated in the city of Wedo (Whydah or
Ouidah) in modern-day Benin.
Damballa is said to be the sky
father and the primordial...
