The warriors of this West African kingdom were formidable—and female. In the 17th century, Dahomey flourished under the protection of its all-woman military regiment that inspired Viola Davis's ...

Historians disagree about when the all-female regiment was created. After the death of King Huegbadja, who ruled Dahomey between approximately 1645 and 1685, his son Akaba succeeded him on the throne.

The Woman King tells the story of the Agojie, an elite, all-woman army in the West African kingdom of Dahomey. Photo by Chris Hellier / Corbis via Getty Images. At its height in the 1840s, the ...

And some of the opposition came from, like in the movie, the female warriors. “The Woman King” is currently only available in theaters — where readers can enjoy professor Wantchekon’s contributions to ...

An image of the Dahomey Amazons, the all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey (now Benin) which lasted until the end of the 19th century. "The Woman King" tells the story of these ...

All hail Viola Davis. Davis stars in "The Woman King" as General Nanisca, leader of the Agojie, a group of fearless female warriors who protect the Kingdom of Dahomey under King Ghezo (John Boyega).

“The Woman King” is inspired by 19th-century female warriors in an African kingdom and creates a rousing action vehicle, augmented by plenty of melodrama. That combination yields a strong ...

Sony Pictures’ “The Woman King” is based on a true story of the Dahomey warriors, an all-female military unit in the West Africa region that’s known as Benin today. They fought for the Kingdom of ...

“The Woman King” is set in 1823 Dahomey, a West African kingdom now known as the nation of Benin. Viola Davis plays the leader of an all-female army of warriors known as the Agojie.

From roughly 1600 to 1900, the Kingdom of Dahomey carved out a powerful position in West Africa and a unique place on the world stage. With help from its fearsome squads of women warriors known as ...

Critics Pick ‘Dahomey’ Review: Mati Diop’s Exquisitely Strange Documentary Meditation on the Return of Looted Artifacts to Benin The "Atlantics" director makes a dreamlike, discursive ...